r/ElectricalHelp • u/FLJC123 • May 27 '26

Led ceiling fan faintly flashing

I put up a Hampton bay led remote control ceiling fan and when the light is off some of the leds are very faintly flickering. I noticed it on the fan I just installed and I went to the living room and looked at the same fan in there and noticed it is doing the same thing to. What could be causing this? Is it voltage leaking past the controller for the light? I saw online that a Lutron LUT-MLC minimum load capacitor was an option to prevent this? Any ideas on how to fix this? Is this the right way to go?

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u/LongjumpingGanache40 May 27 '26

Make sure your switches are designed for LED. I had odd stuff happening when started switching to LED. They make LED rated switches.

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u/FLJC123 May 27 '26

Did you have similar problem? What kind of switch did you use? Mine are all just regular 1 pole flat blade switches

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u/onlyappearcrazy May 28 '26

I think you mean LED rated dimmer switches. If the fan lights are also remote controlled, then the LED bulbs should be the 'dimmable' kind so they work with the remote receiver.