Alwayslearningelec
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- NJ
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Anyone ever heard/seen this? What is it for and is it an actual stand alone device that needs a separate installation? Thanks.
Track Current Limiter
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hmspe
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- Temple, TX
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- PE
An online search for "track current limiter" will pull up multiple brands. These are used to comply with International Energy Conservation Code wattage caps for lighting.
electrofelon
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- Cherry Valley NY, Seattle, WA
FIFY
I've pulled at least a dozen watt limiters out of ceiling fans for customers. The manufacturers are getting pretty good at hiding them. A couple of them I had to dissemble the entire motor surround to get to the limiter.FIFY
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
What is the purpose of the limiter in the ceiling fan?
zbang
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- Roughly 5346 miles from Earls Court
Presumable to limit the lighting load of any built-in/on lights.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
Right so why would someone need to remove it? I would think that with a LED replacement for an A style lamp there would be enough light even with the limiter.
Older fans- limit the wattage so people wouldn't put 100 watt bulbs in all three lamps.
LEDs would blink in them when they are changed out. LED circuitry doesn't play well with the limiters.
Government mandated they be installed and all sockets be candelabra base back in 2005. Have no clue why the government thought a 60W Edison base would pull more than a 60W candelabra...
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