Has anyone found a Compact Fluorescent Bulb suitable for a ceiling fan? The normal ones won't withstand the vibration?

The normal ones won't withstand the vibration. Asked by PaintedStuff 55 months ago Similar questions: found Compact Fluorescent Bulb suitable ceiling fan normal withstand vibration Home.

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GE makes a 40W florescent ceiling fan bulb These bulbs are available online at Sams Club, at a cost of $9.63 for a 3-pack:The GE Soft White 40 compact florescent ceiling fan bulb saves energy and lasts for years. This light bulb uses just 11 watts to produce the same amount of light as a 40 watt standard ceiling fan bulb, saving 73%. Average energy savings per year for the three pack is $12.

Each bulb is guaranteed to last seven years when used an average of four hours per day. Sources: samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5... .

Phillips Phillips has fluorescent light bulbs just for ceiling fans. They are not the kind that look like a cork screw, but are more normal looking. I have seen them at Wal-mart.

Haven't tried them yet. We put the other kind (the one that is curled around and around - like a cork screw) in our ceiling fans, cause the others weren't available yet. Now we don't know how to get the ones out that are curled around and around.

You are supposed to grab them by the base, but that is deep inside the light fixture and no way to get to the base. Guess we will have to some day just cut the power to the fan, and try to get them out. Will see if they break while trying to remove them.

Sure wish I had waited and got the ones from Phillips that are made especailly for ceiling fans.

Fix the fan first Ceiling fans aren't supposed to vibrate. They do that either when they're poorly made or unbalanced, neither of which you want in your house. If it's poorly made (admit it, did you get the $60 special?) there may be no helping it.

A good ceiling fan will include balance weights, or at least have a spot where you can attach them to the hub. The idea is you run it slowly and look to see which side it pulls toward. You attach a balance weight on the opposite side to correct it.

It's tedious, but once done your fan will run SILENTLY and without vibration. It usually doesn't take much. Incandescents are more rugged in some cases, but even they will have a shorter lifetime in a vibrating fan.

It just may not be as obvious, because maybe it'll live a year. In very extreme cases, if you see the fan really throwing itself around side to side, it can actually damage its mount over time, weakening it. Then nothing will help, because the play in the ceiing box will allow any new fan to wiggle too.

We just use the GE compacts from Wal-Mart We have them in most of the ceiling fans...a couple of the others just have the dome type light fixture. We haven’t had any trouble with the vibrations of the fan effecting the fluorecscent compact bulbs...and the living room fan is just a bit off balance. Strangely, the fan over the kitchen table is perfectly balanced but will burn out a bulb a month.

Since the bulbs are guaranteed, I just save the packaging and the receipt...when I get 3 dead bulbs, we just return them to Wal-Mart for replacement.... The bulbs do look a little weird, but the volume of light is good...if you don't mind the hastle, just keep returning them for replacement. Sources: My experience HELENofTROY's Recommendations Buyer's Choice Compact Fluorescent Bulb, 13 Watts This is the design that I have, but GE brand.

1 I'd just like to find one that has a candelabra plug. I bought a fan a few weeks ago, and I specifically chose this model because the display had fluorescent bulbs in it. The box said it took candelabra style, so I asked the lighting area guy.

He pointed out the fluorescent bulbs they had for sale and said they were using that exact one. Great! So, I get it home and I see he failed to tell me that they swapped out the candelabra sockets for standard sized ones.Grrrr.So anyway, all of the fans at the Lowe's here in town were using the fluorescents and they were all on, so I'm not sure about the vibration you're talking about.

I'd just like to find one that has a candelabra plug. I bought a fan a few weeks ago, and I specifically chose this model because the display had fluorescent bulbs in it. The box said it took candelabra style, so I asked the lighting area guy.

He pointed out the fluorescent bulbs they had for sale and said they were using that exact one. Great! So, I get it home and I see he failed to tell me that they swapped out the candelabra sockets for standard sized ones.Grrrr.So anyway, all of the fans at the Lowe's here in town were using the fluorescents and they were all on, so I'm not sure about the vibration you're talking about.

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