LED strips in house.

[Albatross152]

Hi.

I'm interested in having led strips lighting in my conservatory and kitchen.

My main question is, can I wire them into the existing wiring for the light, and have the main light switch in the room, to turn the leds on and off? Do I require a converter/driver

Also if I plug them into the main light switch can I switch out for a dimmable switch?

Thank you
Owen

 

[ericmark]

I feel I have answered this before, what do you think strip lighting is? Fluorescent tubes were seen as strip lighting and you can get LED replacements, so basic a plastic tube with a two pin connector on one end which takes 230 volt AC to power it.

But also the flexible strips also called strip lights, to left Lidi flexible strip lights, these have a power supply built into a plug, so only option is to fit a socket. Sockets can be powered from the lights, but where to fit them is more of a problem.

As to switching, in the main we use voice commands and the Lidi lights are Zigbee which need a hub and work well with Nest Mini's.

There are so many options, in the main lights designed to see with have lumen output marked, and those designed to decorate don't, but the light output from the Lidi lights at 22 watt was good.

Here three different lights, Ikea Lidi Ikea there are so many ways to use them and so many types, but all I am using need wallmart power supplies.