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skavang130
Mar 13, 2008, 04:48 PM
I recently purchased a "Hampton Bay 52 In. Edgemont" fan (model nbr YG177-CLP) and after installation, found to my dismay that the LED light kit it comes with is dismally dim. I wish I had done more research beforehand, because this isn't a technical problem, the lights themselves are just normally dim. When I called the company they said it was normal, and they said there are not any brighter light kitsfrom them that could be interchanged with it. I know normal ceiling fans the light fixture can just be swaped out, but I don't know if the LED's make that impsossible. Can anyone help?

razor96
Mar 13, 2008, 04:52 PM
Sorry buddy led is led and there is no chance of making the brighter you have to live with it or exchange your fan

ceilingfanrepair
Mar 13, 2008, 09:03 PM
Razor is correct. You're stuck, unless you exchange the fan.

LED technology isn't great yet.

aepietriyk123
Jan 27, 2010, 04:35 PM
sorry buddy led is led and there is no chance of making the brighter you have to live with it or exchange your fan

Not necessarily... I was having the same issue with this ceiling fan. The light can easily be configured to use regular bulbs of CFL bulbs. Here is a link to how to do it.

ButtryNet (http://buttrynet.dyndns.org/BNETWeb2/forum/post.asp?method=Reply&TOPIC_ID=325&FORUM_ID=5)

Basically it consists of:

1) Turn power of to the circuit at your breaker box to avoid killig yourself.
2) Remove the entire lighting assembly from the fan
3) Locate and remove the AC/DC converter (it's a little black box)
4) Hard wire 2 or 3 (I used 3) pre-wired chandelier sockets (in parallel) to the wires that previously powered the AC/DC converter.
5) Insert bulbs into sockets.
6) Tuck bulb/socket combinations into the glass globe.
7) Reattach the glob to the lamp.
8) Let there be light!

chillinbrown
Jul 8, 2012, 03:14 PM
Place fan on high but it turns slowly

chillinbrown
Jul 8, 2012, 03:18 PM
When I turn my ceiling fan on and place it on fast the fan continues to turn slow