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How to dim 200w of LED panels?

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  • 29-11-2021 10:33pm
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    pauldavis123
    Registered Users Posts: 354 ✭✭


    I have 5 600mm led panels from Saxby. Too bright, so I bought the Saxby dimmer for each of them.

    They are 200w in total (40w each), now I can't find a 200w LED dimmer!

    Any thoughts?



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    #2
    10-10-20
    Registered Users Posts: 7,168 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    ...but you have a dimmer? Confused.

    Are you looking to consolidate 5 individual dimmers into one 200w LED dimmer? You will have problems as dimmers are sized based on the load characteristics and even some "400w" dimmers can only operate ~40w of LED loads. Normally this type of dimming is performed using an RGB (digital) controls to each lighting unit instead of putting all of the dimming load on a dimmer-module. In the absence of this function on the LED units, you may have to split the loads across multiple suitably sized dimmer modules.

    Post edited by 10-10-20 on


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    pauldavis123
    Registered Users Posts: 354 ✭✭pauldavis123


    I have 5 40w 600mm dimmable ceiling panels like this:


    92272[1].jpg

    Which are run by dimmable transformers:


    81007[1].jpg

    I want them to run off one dimmer.


    The total load is 200w of LED

    Is this possible, 200w does not seem like a big load?


    I have the panels and the transformers, looking to buy the dimmer now.



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    #4
    pauldavis123
    Registered Users Posts: 354 ✭✭pauldavis123


    Just to let anyone else who is looking for the answer to this there are high wattage dimmers available from Varilight in the V-Pro series which can handle 300w LED. Available on Amazon.



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