I installed a Hunter brand dimmer switch (model 27182) to control a Hamptoon Bay Ceiling fan and Light Kit. The kit came with two Compact Flourescent bulbs (60 Watt equivalent) and had special sockets to receive them (two nodes in the bulb fit into the socket and you twist and lock the bulbs into place). Now when I turn the light on using the dimmer switch, the light will blink rapidly until I get it ''just right'' which is as bright as on would be on a normal switch. Further more, if I do try to dim the light, the switch will hum and click, and the bulbs will blink. The lower I set the dimmer, the slower the lights blink. Is there any way to fix this, where I can keep compact flourescents? Do I need to replace the sockets? Is it a hopeless cause and I should pack it in and swap it out with a fan control where the light has only one and off?
Compact fluorescent bulbs do not work on dimmers. You have to use standard incandescent bulbs or not dim the lights.
SOURCE: hunter fan/light control wiring
solution depends on how many wires are in the ceiling box. was there a ceiling fan in place before? were the light and fan controlled by seperate switches or was there only one switch? if two switches, then there should be two seperate hot wires in the ceiling box. if only one switch, then only one hot wire in box. if only one, then your black and red from the fan will wire together to the single hot. green goes to the bare copper wire, if not one, then not needed
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