Dimmer wall switch for interior LED lights?
I just switched my old tube florescent lights out with dim-able LED strips. I bought a DC dimmer wall switch for the lights but it had 4 wires and there was no way to install into my 2 wire system. ...
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tommymsw wrote:
So I have LITTLE chance of running a new wire. I have a class A Winnebago and all the wires I see seem to have been run in the walls and then had foam sprayed into the walls. It is REALLY nice for sound and insulation, but not so nice for running new wires!
The LED light I put in are "strip lights". They work GREAT and are dimmable. But looks like I am stuck just using them normal. It is a bummer that they don't have anything with a few (resistors?) in them to lower the voltage. Even if there were just a few levels... Like 3v, 6v, 9v, 12v.
Can you mount the dimmers in the light fixtures?
Might be a bit inconvenient to do so but this way you can dim then when full brightness is not needed and turn them up to daylight levels when needed..
Leave regular switch in place and it will turn the light on/off.
Otherwise if you wanted to dim slightly it is possible to add a resistor in series but you will need to know how much voltage the resistor will drop and how much current will be flowing through the resistor to make sure you use a resistor wattage high enough for the heat dissipated..
If you do the resistor route, don't tell, the anti resistor police on the forum will be whining about all the energy you are wasting and will beat you over the head about it until you change your mind :E
