Dimmer for led lights

Yes, Amazon's cheapest:

There are many different sellers of this same unit. I employ two and they even work in series with each other.

BUt at some point the LEDs just shut off. I wouldn't mind a little more range downwards, but the ability to dim at all, is awesome.

This link has good pics which shows the internals, but is not the cheapest available clone. I removed the bulky plastic housing to mount them where desirable.

I was not able to detect any difference between the 'prime' arrival and the $2.22 slow boat from china model.

http://www.amazon.com/Dimming-Controller-Adjustable-Brightness-Zitrades/dp/B007V1B0W8/ref=pd_cp_23_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1AB9GGPGTTHT9BDZZB8D

I also have a PWM motor speed controller rated at 10 amps which effectively dims LEDs and incandescents, and computer fans, but it is much bulkier.
I actually used the linked product to slow a 4 amp computer fan. When I used the higher rated 10 amp PWM controller, the heatsinks got so hot as to be able to burn my fingers when throttled all the way back.

The LED dimmer powering the same fan, throttling it back to minimum speed, without heatsinks, never batted an eye and if it heated up, I could not smell it.

I shoulda installed the pwm dimmer sooner. Love it.

There are two kinds of LED lights (Dimmable and not) and two kinds of dimmers (Voltage/resistance and PWM) Most LED's should dim with PWM but it has been known to cause radio frequency interference (Though you may not notice it,, I might if I'm next to you.... Different radios)

I just converted a 30 watt Florescent to LED 5 Meters of peal and strip lights, some soldering and WOW.. Much mnore light than the old fixture did.. (I LIKE IT) it's my kitchen light.. I think when I convert the other two I'm going to use only 2.5 meters of LED's (they are smaller fixtures to start with)

Get cataracts like me. Dimmer? You got it!

I wonder why exactly and precisely the same amount of current is consumed at the lowest (dimmest) voltage setting as it is at the highest?

My dimmer's amperage consumption both change with light intensity, the one motor speed controller's heat sinks just got extremely hot while the LED dimmer did not. Both fans and lights drew the same minimum and maximum at full speed on the fan or brightness of the LEDS in comparison to each other.

Our LED dimmer is on its way from China too.

Eager to see how it works for the under awning light. We often go without the awning light as it's so bright as to flood nearby campsites with light.

If the PWM got hot when it was turned down there must be a problem with it. By design, if you turn a PWM down, the switching device on the board is turned on less time and it uses less power, so should run cooler.

Even if it had a low current device, it should be cooler when it is turned down.

I've found 2 out of about 20 that I've bought that weren't built correctly.

I've been using the cheapest off ebay. Chinese quality??

I just converted a 30 watt Florescent to LED 5 Meters of peal and strip lights, some soldering and WOW.. Much mnore light than the old fixture did.. (I LIKE IT) it's my kitchen light.. I think when I convert the other two I'm going to use only 2.5 meters of LED's (they are smaller fixtures to start with)

how did you get 16ft of led strip inside of (1) 30w florescent fixture
i used (3) 15" strips in one fixture and have as much light as the original two tubes

Only took a month for ours to arrive ! came in the mail today

Bought a few of these and installed two of them.

Wireless LED Dimmer

They require both leads, + and -, whereas your off/on switch probably just is connected to the + lead.

The hand-held controllers all use the same wireless frequencies, so if multiple circuits are powered on, they are all controlled the same.

Work well so far for our LEDs. Dim right down to nothing, and you can even choose disco lighting for your parties!:E

There are some pretty nuce dimmers out there, like this touch control



or this one



Both under $20, and in my opinion, much better looking.