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leapinlew:
I don't know much about electricity, so be gentle.

My ceiling fan in my office "blew" when I turned on the light switch. It looked like the bulbs blew out, but after taking it apart, some circuit board in the light fixture burned out. I have attached some pics of the circuit board. I'm totally surprised to see a circuit board and have no idea what it's doing in there. My questions are, can I bypass it and if not does anyone know where I can purchase this part?

I was expecting to see black and white wires. It's an Emerson fan that doesn't do anything special (no remotes or dimmer switches).

kahlid74:
My guess would be that controls the different levels as to how fast the fan goes?  Does the fan have a low/medium/fast setting?  I see resistors so I would think if you removed it the fan would go as fast as the motor allowed since UN-resisted max electricity was flowing to it.

I'm no expert, but I would think you need that board to control just how much electricity is going to the fan.

leapinlew:
Thanks Kahlid -

This is just inside the light housing. The fan housing has its own board.

HaRuMaN:
That's a listening device, powered by your own electricity!   :o

drventure:
The fan isn't one of those with a wireless remote is it?

That does seem odd to have that kind of circuit board in there. I'd expect a current control board to have much bigger heat sinks.

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