Ceiling Fan Wattage Limiter

The wattage limiter was developed by the department of energy doe to conserve energy by limiting the watts your fan can use.

Ceiling fan wattage limiter.

A wattage limiter also commonly known as a current limiter is a little black box found in some ceiling fan light kits. However if the load exceeds 190 watts zing ear ld 07 type r3l load protector will switch off power to light kit for a moment. The purpose of this box is to cut off excess wattage and limit the total wattage to 190w or less. But since they have been known to cause issues with lighting removing them has also been done for years.

Zing ear wld 07 type r3l fan light wattage limiter is used to limit the wattage on ceiling fan light kit to 180w max. These switches were added to all electric ceiling fans after 2005 as part of the energy policy act of 2005. The light limiter or no bypass module used on a ceiling fan controls the wattage to the light kit. When ceiling fan light kit load is consuming less than or equal to 180 watts the wattage limiter will not operate.

The device will cut off the output power once the output power consumption exceeds the established power level.