LED lighting is gaining more and more fans every day. More and more often in houses and apartments you can find semiconductor lighting devices. Those who have just decided to install such lighting in their apartment and begin to collect information about such lamps, compare the pros and cons, often encounter such a thing as “LED dimmer lamps”. What kind of lamps are these, and what is the purpose of such a device as a “dimmer”? In this article we will try to answer these questions.
Before moving on to the question of lamps, we first briefly consider what the dimmer itself is. At its core, it is a voltage regulator. A dimmer for LED lamps allows you to smoothly change the luminous intensity of such a device. The purpose of this device is to turn on and off the lighting, and, of course, to control its intensity. Different voltage regulators are available. You can easily purchase a dimmer for 220v LED lamps, as well as 12 or 24 volts. Now let's go directly to the lamps. "LED dimmer lamps" - why are these products so called?
The fact is that there are many different semiconductor lighting devices. They differ in shape, cap size, purpose, power, aperture and other parameters. But few people know that not every lamp can be used with a dimmer. The thing is that not all LED devices are designed to regulate brightness, as a result, the use of such products with a voltage regulator can lead to the fact that they will not work in the required mode and may even fail, and the seller or manufacturer will simply refuse to you in warranty service.
Therefore, if you plan to install voltage regulators in your room, or they are already standing, then you need to purchase LED lamps for a dimmer.
There is a huge selection of lamps designed to work with voltage regulators. The main thing when buying such fixtures is to take into account the minimum load of your regulator, for example, most standard devices have a value of this parameter - 20-45 watts. If you use an incandescent lamp with it , then there will be no problems, but LED lamps for a dimmer often have a power below this value. In this case, it is necessary to use several such lamps with one regulator so that their total power exceeds this parameter.
It is also necessary to take into account the maximum possible use of lamps with one voltage regulator. There is a simple way to determine the number of LED lamps per dimmer. It differs from the method for determining incandescent lamps. In the case of using
incandescent lamps, the maximum
rated power of the regulator is divided by the power of the lamps, and as a result we have the number of bulbs. With LED lighting, this calculation cannot be used. In order to avoid failure of
LED lamps, it is recommended to determine the number of lamps per dimmer using technical documentation from the manufacturer.