I have a hunter fan that I replaced a light fixture with. The fan runs off of a remote and has some kind of modulator or something that controls everything and communicates with the remote. It has 3 candelabra base bulbs. This freaking thing blows a light bulb probably once every 2-3 months. What the heck is going on? I bought the same type of bulb that it came with to replace them. I've had the fan for close to 3 years and it has been doing this a while. Each bulb probably lasts 6-9 months but I feel like they should last much longer. We use the lights and fan a lot because it's in our play room, multiple hours a day.

Am I just hitting the max hour use on the bulbs? Am I having a power surge issue from the modulator? Should I switch to a lower wattage bulb like an LED? I'm going crazy replacing bulb after bulb every couple of months.

I had the exact same problem with an outdoor fixture. Switched to an LED, and has worked ever since

Have you checked out updated reviews for the fan? I ask b/c we put Hunter five minute fans all over our house when we moved in, and now it's come up that there is a known defect on the light kit (it churned through bulbs also) The problem is they don't make that model or parts for it any more, so Hunter's solution was to offer a $30 credit on a new purchase. So it may just be something similar and a long term solution is a new fan.

I quit using lights on ceiling fans for some of the same reasons.

But that's about as good of advise as the guy who went into the doctor and said "Doc, it hurts when I do this..." and the doctor says "Well, then don't do that!"

Our wonderful government has required manufacturers to put devices that restrict the total wattage that can be put in the fixture. They have been really bad about failing and the manufacturers won't sell them. You can find them online. But I would try the LED bulbs first. Good luck

Hmmm. ALL of my exterior fixtures front/back for the last 20 years have only lasted 1-2 months. I never could trouble shoot and determine root cause. Just kept replacing bulbs.

Am now considering replacing all fixtures.

CapeAggie89 said:

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Our wonderful government has required manufacturers to put devices that restrict the total wattage that can be put in the fixture. They have been really bad about failing and the manufacturers won't sell them. You can find them online. But I would try the LED bulbs first. Good luck

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The light kit doesn't need that chingadera to work. If...ne, when it dies, take it out.

Are y'alls constantly failing light bulbs incandescent? Vibration, use and stress are what eat up the filament until it fails, that's why most bulbs fail when you first turn them on or knock over a lamp. When you first flip on the switch, the inrush of current stresses the filament. Think of turning on a hose bib full blast and seeing the hose twitch. If you have fluctuations in the voltage, it can do the same thing. I had a rent house once with crappy aluminum wiring. You could see the downlights in the den slowly flicker. We couldn't keep light bulbs in those things for more than a month or two.

Try using 130V and/or vibration resistant lamps. Those tend to be a bit more robust. I'd also check all the connections from the switch to the light kit to make sure nothing is even a little bit loose. Loose connections can cause either the neutral to "float" or the voltage to vary.

For the outdoor fixtures, I'd also check to make sure you aren't getting water intrusion anywhere.

One other trick you can try with incandescent lamps is to put them on a dimmer, especially one of the tap type ones where you tap the switch and it slowly fades up. Something like this

https://www.amazon.com/Lutron-MACL-153M-WH-Maestro-150-Watt-Multi-Location/dp/B008X3CHM0

Program it to about 90% of full output. The slow fade on and reduced output should help extend the lamp life. Back in the stone ages when we'd still use incandescent lamps in buildings, we'd go up a size with the lamp and dim it down to help extend the lamp life.

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CapeAggie89 said:

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Our wonderful government has required manufacturers to put devices that restrict the total wattage that can be put in the fixture. They have been really bad about failing and the manufacturers won't sell them. You can find them online. But I would try the LED bulbs first. Good luck

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The light kit doesn't need that chingadera to work. If...ne, when it dies, take it out.

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Yup. Had to remove it from one of the Lowes house beans fan I installed when I bought my house in 09. But it still has 2 of the 4 original bulbs.