I searched the forum and didn’t see this topic, so here it goes…
I have a standard, 15-year old Hunter ceiling fan with light kit, no dimmer. The unit specifies a 40-watt restriction for the lightbulb and I am wondering if that is due to an amperage restriction in the wires or to a heat restriction from the hot bulb?
exactly! which is why I want to use a 75W-T3 halogen (cigarette-shaped bulb)
yeah…them are pricey and the reason I went with the T3 form-factor in the first place is because I need a high-intensity, low-profile bulb. T3 is the only bulb that comes to mind which fits that bill.
don’t get me started…
I wish that were true, but we’ve all called 800-numbers and gotten ahold of some minimum-wage receptionist who simply reads from a tip-sheet. I called Hunter last week to ask about using a 75W halogen, and the nice lady said something like, “ummmm…that’s a CFL, right? Yeah, that should be fine.”
The biggest concern is the amount of heat that is held inside the dome or shades. After long term of usage, the insulation is going to end up being brittle and eventually crack near the terminals of the lamp socket.
I just rewired and installed new sockets on a Tiffany style lamp last month. The wires had burnt off one socket and the other socket was going through the same situation. Age and heat will ruin the wiring inside the fixture.