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delores12
Nov 23, 2008, 09:07 PM
I bought 3 ceiling fans at home depot all Hampton Bay brand. Till then I had never heard of an intermediate bulb.
At a website I just came from several people were stating the built in dimmer and fan speeds would burn out if CFL's were used in ceiling fans. Is this true?:confused:?

KISS
Nov 23, 2008, 09:50 PM
The CFL's must be dimmable. Not all are.

delores12
Nov 23, 2008, 09:54 PM
Thank you for helping me out.:)

ceilingfanrepair
Nov 24, 2008, 09:36 PM
It depends.

If you are talking about remote fans, you will have to use dimmable CFLs. If they are not remote fans, any CFLs are fine.

Do they make dimmable candelabra base CFL's?