Hello,

I have a Hunter Fan ceiling light that is experiencing the wattage limiter issue that causes the light to flicker and eventually stop working. I am attempting to bypass this wattage limiter as I use efficient very low watt bulbs and would like to cut it out. However, can anyone tell me what colors to splice together?

I am confused because all videos I have seen on this repair has 4 wires coming out of the limiter but there are 5 wires coming out of my limiter instead of 4. I'm assuming the following:

Neutral goes to neutral
Brown goes to green
Not sure where red should go

Can anyone advise? Pics attached in reply below, had an issue uploading them to original post. Thanks

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Realize that you will void warranty and possibly create a fire issue. While we won't tell you how to bypass, You Tube has many videos. BTW, you need to reduce pictures as they are almost impossible to decipher.

By low watt bulbs do you mean CFLs or something else?

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Originally Posted by ma0641

Realize that you will void warranty and possibly create a fire issue. While we won't tell you how to bypass, You Tube has many videos. BTW, you need to reduce pictures as they are almost impossible to decipher.

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Hello,

Ive seen YouTube videos but the issue is all of those videos only have 4 wires where I have a 5 wire configuration.

Can you at least let me know if my color match assumption above is correct? And where the red wire would go?

Please let me know if you can access the following links as I've had trouble posting the pictures:

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Originally Posted by ballengerb1

By low watt bulbs do you mean CFLs or something else?

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Correct, CFLs

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Where are you located? I ask this because the bulb socket shows as 660 Watts @250 volts?If that is true, then at max your bulb should only draw 2.64 amps.Now as to removing the voltage limiter you must understand that there is a very real possibility of your creating a flammable situation. Please do not do that, I believe that most fan component clusters can be ordered from Hunter.Or buy another fan from anotgher company.

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Originally Posted by donf

Where are you located? I ask this because the bulb socket shows as 660 Watts @250 volts?If that is true, then at max your bulb should only draw 2.64 amps.Now as to removing the voltage limiter you must understand that there is a very real possibility of your creating a flammable situation. Please do not do that, I believe that most fan component clusters can be ordered from Hunter.Or buy another fan from anotgher company.

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Don, voltage and wattage limits have always been high on sockets and switches. I just installed a new 3 way UL switch which notes, 250 V, 250W.

At the risk of being sarcastic or demeaning, from your questions I think that perhaps you shouldn't be doing this yourself.There are many professionals here and many experienced handymen who understand either how these are wired or how to figure it out.It appears you do not understand either. As a few have eluded to, telling you how to do it would be a mistake, if not negligent.What is needed here is the ability to trace wiring, check a circuit and use a meter to determine which wire goes where.If you cannot do these thing you shouldn't be trying to learn anywhere other than in a classroom or a project board.Just my opinion.

The photo you provided is not the wattage limiter, but a capacitor. I'd have to agree with Missouri that you might want to re-think this modification.

WallyH

P.S. Nice photos!