I've got a Hunter ceiling fan with their ubiquitous light bulb blowing problem. Finally the other day one of the candelabra bulbs flickered, glowed very brightly, and "pop" all three went out. New bulbs don't work, but the fan does. I just read about removing the wattage governor, so I wondered if that's what burned out. I hate the little candelabra bulbs. Would it be possible to replace the sockets with standard sized ones?

I have been making lamps lamps out of galvanized pipe and want to add a dimmer to my lamps and use a gate valve as the dimmer control. I have seen it done before and will post a link to a video of one in action. In the video, you will notice that the person did not use a gate valve, but instead, used a 1 1/4" tee fitting with a gate valve knob retrofitted. The mechanics of it are not hard for me to understand, however, what rotary style dimmer would fit in such a small area is what is preventing me from completing this endeavor. Any help, suggestions, or comments are really appreciated. Thanks! Here is the link to the video I referred to. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbht...e_gdata_player[/url]