Thanks so much for making this! Was really bummed when the employees at Home Depot told me I’d have to replace the whole fan once our LED light stopped working. Watched your video, ordered the parts, and changed the light in a few minutes. You just saved me over $100!
Beautiful ❤❤❤ thank you! My light was ok.nand one day become yellow and weak. On top of it, I went to Lowes to ask for the replacement and the " helper " ( that never helps anyone ) told me if I bought the guaranteed. I said no I don't need it. And he smiles and told me that's the reason we recommend guaranteed" and I was like are you telling me that instead of " changing a bulb like in the old times " I have to send the whole fan back to factory ? The " LED " is supposed to work like 7 years. And I bought this fan less than a year ago. This is a ripp off. So, thank u. Also, I've been noticing my light bulbs that are supposed to be low energy and last 8 years . I've been changing a few of them around the house. And guess what ? I've bought all af them when I moved here less than 2 years ago. California is a scam. The government is supposed to protect citizens, and they do nothing about scams.
Did you know by holding the light button for few seconds you can change the brightness and the color of the light , please try . And with these light you are not supposed to turn the switch off . It should be always on on position. And you need the turn the system off with the remote.
and, and and it worked, so why does it matter, theres always a Taskmaster on these comments trying to tell someone how to do something, the men seems well informed and probably did not want to sound too technical just a quick simple easy to follow video.
If I turn my fan off . The light will not go off. It makes sense what you said, but it is not happening . I will try to hold the pressure in the bottom longer to see if it changes from yellow to white
Hi, I'm an electrician. While *sometimes* this is true, you are making a generalization that is not always true. Not every fan (or fan remote) works this way.
@@JJCentral-DIY I will check and see but I don't think it has a dimmer. The bulb is a bright white 5000k bulb and although it's lit up, it somehow looks kind of dark in the room
Do these LED lights spontaneously fry themselves after only a couple years of owning it? I have a “ HOME DECORATORS COLLECTION 52 inch Indoor LED Color Changing Ceiling Fan Ashby Park Collection” Had it since mid 2020, and when my hvac guys were installing the mini-split units, I was told my light spontaneously went out. They had said that they weren’t aware what happened. I’m here to ask if it’s possible for these LED lights to just spontaneously fry/short circuit themselves?
In your case the LEDs were burnt out due to the HVAC quick draw of voltage during start up cycle. Not the HVAC guys mistake but the LEDs don't have enough capacitors to buffer voltage fluctuations. That's the difference between cheap LEDs and expensive ones. If the voltage is consistent everything works great.
@@JJCentral-DIY wait but the thing is they haven’t started any of the wiring yet, the only thing they did was remove the circuit breaker, can that also cause an issue? They plan to do the wiring today, but they were claiming that my LED alight just spontaneously short circuited/fried itself coincidentally as they were working.
@@JacobSolorzano when you say they removed the circuit breaker, do you mean they turned the breaker switch off or they opened the main panel and physically removed any breakers? If it was just turning off the breaker then they have nothing to do with LED burning. If they were messing with the circuits and accidently touched the breaker that controls the LED circuit, it could have created a loose connection that sparked and the LEDs would fry if it was on during that time.
I'll just add that it seems as if it should be a reasonable expectation that this wouldn't happen, but the truth is that integrated LEDs are often on the lowest end of quality. A type 2 whole house surge suppressor might have helped with this. Unfortunately, surge suppression is kind of the price of fancy electronics. You can go down a rabbit hole on what kind of surge protection you should get for your home, but the basic rule is type 1 surge protection protects from surges outside your home (lightning strikes, power company repairs, etc), And type 2 surge protection protects you more from surges inside the home like motor startups and short circuits or other things that would trip a breaker.
20w in itself is a very low wattage and shouldn't make any difference. If you are worried about matching the rated wattage, go lower and get a 18w unit. amzn.to/3v8cWwj
They are called WAGO 221 connectors that are code approved. You can also use wirenuts, but for multi strand wires these are better. Link in the description. Thanks.
Most fans that have integrated lights will not allow you to replace the integrated light with a standard light kit because they are designed that way. However some fans will let you do this. It's impossible to know before you buy the fan unfortunately. Talk to your electrician. We can sometimes modify the way the kits fit...
If you notice at 1:38 there is a disconnect and after undoing that you simply cut the wire connector of with scissors and strip the sleeve to get two bare wires.
He cut the wires, he just didn't show that. So, in order to use the existing connectors in the fan, he cut the wires between the connectors and the light itself. Then he used wagos to attach the connector to the new light panel ... I think a more helpful solution would be to get rid of the original connectors it came with the original fan light by cutting the connectors out, stripping the wires that we're supplying the light, and just using the wagos for a connector to the new light panel. I'm an electrician and this is what I do when replacing parts that have incompatible connectors. :-)
Thanks so much for making this! Was really bummed when the employees at Home Depot told me I’d have to replace the whole fan once our LED light stopped working. Watched your video, ordered the parts, and changed the light in a few minutes. You just saved me over $100!
Awesome, home depot associates know how to sell and that's about it. Any expert opinion from them are pretty much bogus.
Same here . They are ignorants to a reprochable level.
@@JJCentral-DIYthey don’t know how to sell, they just tell you to replace because they don’t know a damn thing lol
So helpful! Thanks! Managed to switch ours. :)
Beautiful ❤❤❤ thank you! My light was ok.nand one day become yellow and weak. On top of it, I went to Lowes to ask for the replacement and the " helper " ( that never helps anyone ) told me if I bought the guaranteed. I said no I don't need it. And he smiles and told me that's the reason we recommend guaranteed" and I was like are you telling me that instead of " changing a bulb like in the old times " I have to send the whole fan back to factory ? The " LED " is supposed to work like 7 years. And I bought this fan less than a year ago. This is a ripp off. So, thank u. Also, I've been noticing my light bulbs that are supposed to be low energy and last 8 years . I've been changing a few of them around the house. And guess what ? I've bought all af them when I moved here less than 2 years ago. California is a scam. The government is supposed to protect citizens, and they do nothing about scams.
Did you know by holding the light button for few seconds you can change the brightness and the color of the light , please try . And with these light you are not supposed to turn the switch off . It should be always on on position. And you need the turn the system off with the remote.
and, and and it worked, so why does it matter, theres always a Taskmaster on these comments trying to tell someone how to do something, the men seems well informed and probably did not want to sound too technical just a quick simple easy to follow video.
If I turn my fan off . The light will not go off. It makes sense what you said, but it is not happening . I will try to hold the pressure in the bottom longer to see if it changes from yellow to white
@@xaviermunoz766 Original had a dimmer. Replacement does not. Why not?
Hi, I'm an electrician. While *sometimes* this is true, you are making a generalization that is not always true. Not every fan (or fan remote) works this way.
That is true, but he may have wanted a whiter white than what his light could offer, so you replaced it with one he liked.
Thank you for this!
I somehow managed to do it but for some reason the LED light doesn't seem bright. Do you know what could be causing that?
If you have a remote for your fan, press and hold the light button on the remote few seconds. It may have a built in dimmer.
@@JJCentral-DIY I will check and see but I don't think it has a dimmer. The bulb is a bright white 5000k bulb and although it's lit up, it somehow looks kind of dark in the room
Where can I find the Magno connectors? Thanks you!
You can get wago connectors in home depot, Lowes or Amazon.
@@JJCentral-DIY Thank you!
So can I change my warm lights to the bright/day light too? This will dave me a lot instead of buying a new fan
Yes, that is exactly what I did.
@@JJCentral-DIY awesome thank you!!
What if we can't find wattage output the fan is putting out ( 18w or 23w ) and install the wrong watt module. Could it blow out ?
No, not for that small difference. If it is 500 Watts in place of 50, then yes.
Thank you sir!!
Thank you
Do you have to turn off the circuit breaker?
Yes, that is always the safest way.
Thanks for this video.. So, I can replace a four inch light with a six inch? Or do i need a four inch replacement. ?
Measure your housing first to see how much room you have. You can do 4,6, or 8 depends on the diameter of the housing.
Do these LED lights spontaneously fry themselves after only a couple years of owning it? I have a “ HOME
DECORATORS COLLECTION
52 inch Indoor LED Color
Changing Ceiling Fan
Ashby Park Collection” Had it since mid 2020, and when my hvac guys were installing the mini-split units, I was told my light spontaneously went out. They had said that they weren’t aware what happened. I’m here to ask if it’s possible for these LED lights to just spontaneously fry/short circuit themselves?
In your case the LEDs were burnt out due to the HVAC quick draw of voltage during start up cycle. Not the HVAC guys mistake but the LEDs don't have enough capacitors to buffer voltage fluctuations. That's the difference between cheap LEDs and expensive ones. If the voltage is consistent everything works great.
@@JJCentral-DIY wait but the thing is they haven’t started any of the wiring yet, the only thing they did was remove the circuit breaker, can that also cause an issue? They plan to do the wiring today, but they were claiming that my LED alight just spontaneously short circuited/fried itself coincidentally as they were working.
@@JacobSolorzano when you say they removed the circuit breaker, do you mean they turned the breaker switch off or they opened the main panel and physically removed any breakers? If it was just turning off the breaker then they have nothing to do with LED burning. If they were messing with the circuits and accidently touched the breaker that controls the LED circuit, it could have created a loose connection that sparked and the LEDs would fry if it was on during that time.
I'll just add that it seems as if it should be a reasonable expectation that this wouldn't happen, but the truth is that integrated LEDs are often on the lowest end of quality.
A type 2 whole house surge suppressor might have helped with this. Unfortunately, surge suppression is kind of the price of fancy electronics.
You can go down a rabbit hole on what kind of surge protection you should get for your home, but the basic rule is type 1 surge protection protects from surges outside your home (lightning strikes, power company repairs, etc), And type 2 surge protection protects you more from surges inside the home like motor startups and short circuits or other things that would trip a breaker.
That kit is 20w, what if your fixture is only rated for 18w?
20w in itself is a very low wattage and shouldn't make any difference. If you are worried about matching the rated wattage, go lower and get a 18w unit.
amzn.to/3v8cWwj
@@JJCentral-DIY Thank you!
what wire connector did you use?
They are called WAGO 221 connectors that are code approved. You can also use wirenuts, but for multi strand wires these are better. Link in the description. Thanks.
@@JJCentral-DIYDid you have to buy additional white and blue wires? I noticed that in the video at 1:57
@@PriyaDesai95 No, I cut the connector from the old LED and reused it. You can cut and directly attach if necessary.
@JJCentral-DIY do you think you can make a video on how to do that? I'm not sure where you'd cut it
Also do you just turn off the breaker for that room or shut off your whole electric?
Am i not able to replace this with an actual led light bulb?
Some ceiling fans have mounting points to attach add on lighting kit. Most of the LED versions don't have that.
So would i need to replace the entire ceiling fan if i want to use an led light bulb?
@@justin2icy yes in most cases for modern integrated LED light fans.
Most fans that have integrated lights will not allow you to replace the integrated light with a standard light kit because they are designed that way. However some fans will let you do this. It's impossible to know before you buy the fan unfortunately.
Talk to your electrician. We can sometimes modify the way the kits fit...
Anyone know a video that shows you how to actually disconnect those wires? Every video skips it and it's aggravating. Ugh!
If you notice at 1:38 there is a disconnect and after undoing that you simply cut the wire connector of with scissors and strip the sleeve to get two bare wires.
He cut the wires, he just didn't show that. So, in order to use the existing connectors in the fan, he cut the wires between the connectors and the light itself. Then he used wagos to attach the connector to the new light panel ... I think a more helpful solution would be to get rid of the original connectors it came with the original fan light by cutting the connectors out, stripping the wires that we're supplying the light, and just using the wagos for a connector to the new light panel.
I'm an electrician and this is what I do when replacing parts that have incompatible connectors. :-)