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    dawnlee Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 2, 2007, 04:41 AM
    Harbor breeze light flicker
    Hello
    I'm new here. Great site.
    Is there a way to access other answers?
    I have a new fan with remote that flickers.
    It seems many have had this problem
    How do I see the old answers before I waste people's time reiterating ?
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    Jan 2, 2007, 04:48 AM
    You can use the search tool that's at the top of every page. Click Advanced search and you can narrow it down to only the Electric & Lighting board.

    Also, you can browse the board's subject lines by clicking here.

    ... and stay tuned: no doubt one of our Electrical & Lighting Experts will be along shortly.

    Happy New Year!
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    Jan 2, 2007, 04:48 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by dawnlee
    Hello
    I'm new here. great site.
    Is there a way to access other answers?
    I have a new fan with remote that flickers.
    It seems many have had this problem
    how do I see the old answers before I waste people's time reiterating ?
    I see the others problems.
    It looks like this is not a great brand of fan maybe?
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    Jan 6, 2007, 02:34 PM
    It's not but Hampton Bay is worse. Is it a fluorescent light?
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    Jul 23, 2008, 08:05 AM
    I know this is an old post but I ran into this same issue with my Harbor Breeze Triton 52" fans. I have 2 fans installed in the same room using 1 remote for both fans. The fans DO NOT have pullchains, remote ONLY with a single pole, single throw switch at the wall. The lights would flicker like strobe lights if you accidentally hit the light button on the remote.
    I never could get them to work right so we just ignored it.
    I didn't think about it until last night when I walked in the room and flipped the wall switch and the lights just started flickering on there own. I couldn't get them to stop with the remote as usual so I just turned the switch off for the night.
    The problem was I originally installed compact fluorescent bulbs. And apparently they don't like that... Installed new incandescent bulbs and the lights don't flicker anymore and they actually work like they were designed.

    Hope that helps someone.

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    Jul 23, 2008, 08:23 PM
    You can't use CFL bulbs in remote fans unless they are designed for it.
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