Are current limiting devices necessary if a ceiling fan light kit incorporated a limited number of candelabra sockets?
The Department has received inquiries seeking clarification on whether a current-limiting device is necessary when the ceiling fan light kit consists of only two candelabra sockets which may be operated with lamps rated no higher than 60 watts each. The rationale offered is that since these sockets would provide for no more than a maximum of 120 watts, a current-limiting device would not be necessary to prevent the ceiling fan light kit from consuming more than 190 watts. Ceiling fan light kits with candelabra screw base sockets fall within the third category of ceiling fan light kits “with any other socket type including but not limited to candelabra screw base sockets” regulating by EPACT 2005 that must not be capable of operating with lamps that total more than 190 watts, effective January 1, 2009. 72 FR 1270. DOE is not aware of any candelabra screw base that exceed 75 watts, and thus some manufacturers have indicated that a ceiling fan light kit with two candelabra screw base sock
