Comments on: Converting Ceiling Fan light from Intermediate(E17) to Medium base so you can use CFLs

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 25 May 2011 21:10:54 +0000

I love the government and their infinite wisdom, especially dealing with energy savings. One more reason to replace your bases this way instead of a converter: the converters fit between the base and the bulb, sometimes not allowing the original covering to fit over the bulb(s). This is usually found when a glass dome is placed under the bulbs.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:01:37 +0000

i to bough a remode in lowes hook it up corretly to fan but didnt work. took back to lowes and found out that the battery that goes into the transmiter has a clear
coating on it that must be removed. nothing in the insrutions tell you this.
so make sure you check all batterys for coating
save yourself a lot of work

By: shar

shar — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:30:58 +0000

I just got back from Ikea after looking for CFL’s (E17) to replace the 60 W incandescents in my ceiling fan – no luck.
The maximum wattage Ikea had for an E17 CFL was 7 W (equivalent to 25 watts incandescent).
So, thanks again Tony for the instructions on conversion – I’ll be giving it a shot.

By: shar

shar — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:29:33 +0000

Thank you thank you!!! I was almost in tears trying to find CFL replacements for my Hampton Bay, Home Depot-bought ceiling fan. I’m off to IKEA to look at the Sparsam bulbs ($7.99)since I’m intimidated by wiring. Sounds like they might work. If not, I’ll learn about wiring – by cracky!! Thanks again.

By: NORM

NORM — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:23:56 +0000

IKEA HAS E17 CFL’S

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By: Preston

Preston — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:28:00 +0000

Check out ProLighting.com you can get adapters to change the intermediate to candelabra.

By: Preston

Preston — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:26:38 +0000

Check out ProLighting.com you can get adapters to change the intermediate to candleobra

By: Urbano Mendoza

Urbano Mendoza — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:26:42 +0000

Mission accomplished, I was looking for this by almost 48 hours online & offline and finally found your blog, it took me less than 2 hours get done I change from e17 Intermediate socket base to e26 median base, Thanks Toni, and all who post here on the blog …

Urbano Mendoza
Houston, Tx.
http://mvpvirtual.gogvo.com

PD: I came back to show you my tutorial step by step how I doit.

Thank’s again goog job everyone…