Hi all,
I have come to this forum as I am struggling to find an answer to some questions I have about LED strips/ribbon lights.
I am looking to use LED ribbon as under counter lighting in my kitchen and also on top of a couple of beams in my sitting room for some soft lighting in the evenings.
In both rooms there are conventional mains lighting cables running from wall mounted switches to the desired location, like a normal lighting circuit.
I know that i will need LED drivers to convert the mains to a 12v supply for the LEDs, but what I cannot figure out is whether I can get a driver to work with my wall mounted dimmer switches so that I can dim the LED lights? So the dimmer would be in the mains circuit prior to the LED driver. I have these at the moment - http://www.neweysonline.co.uk/newle...ay-250w/1051011691/ProductInformation.raction
Is this achievable?
I know there are low voltage dimmers for use in the 12volts circuit, but it would be much neater/convenient to use the existing switch locations if possible.
Any advice would be awesome!
Thanks.
I have come to this forum as I am struggling to find an answer to some questions I have about LED strips/ribbon lights.
I am looking to use LED ribbon as under counter lighting in my kitchen and also on top of a couple of beams in my sitting room for some soft lighting in the evenings.
In both rooms there are conventional mains lighting cables running from wall mounted switches to the desired location, like a normal lighting circuit.
I know that i will need LED drivers to convert the mains to a 12v supply for the LEDs, but what I cannot figure out is whether I can get a driver to work with my wall mounted dimmer switches so that I can dim the LED lights? So the dimmer would be in the mains circuit prior to the LED driver. I have these at the moment - http://www.neweysonline.co.uk/newle...ay-250w/1051011691/ProductInformation.raction
Is this achievable?
I know there are low voltage dimmers for use in the 12volts circuit, but it would be much neater/convenient to use the existing switch locations if possible.
Any advice would be awesome!
Thanks.