[Sparty6971]

@Sallistang, regarding your blinking lights.

If only one light of the set blinks then probably a bad bulb. Swap the "good" bulb with the blinking bulb to see if the blink moves to the other location. If all the lights are randomly blinking "off" then back on, I suspect a loose wire. The loose wire connection could be in the wall switch (I've had that experience) or in the ceiling J-box or fan housing (more likely). You may have a wire twist nut loose or totally off. The bare wires then make contact most of the time but vibration due to fan rotation or something makes the wires disconnect for a second.

I had that inside the wall switch in the garage for the laundry room overhead light inside the house. Caused a random blink "off" and back on. That can lead (absolute worst case) to overheated wires and a fire or an electrical shock if you pull out the wires, so check it out (carefully).

BTW, the energy saving bulbs should work OK - figure you mean the CFLs - but they won't work with a normal dimmer switch.