2 hours ago
Dear A,
I'd suggest you find a very inexpensive LED that advertises as being dimmable, check to see what dimmer that source sells, or recommends,
and determine if your units qualify. Especially if it is strip lights, check the specifications and what each color of wire controls or supplies what. Super Bright LEDs generally is a good source of information. As Rich stated, some LEDs just basically On or Off. Dimmable devices are a special breed of LED. Sometimes, dimmers are built for certain LED units and may not interchange. You may need to go back to the basics and compare specifications, circuit functions, and wire coding.
Also, sometimes Newel's wire color coding is not industry standard. For example on our #277, in the DC light wiring for the marker lights, the black is the positive, whereas, normal DC wiring, the black is always negative - look at your car's wiring to the battery. It didn't matter to the old incandescent lamps, but LEDs are polarity sensitive. Normal AC (120v) wiring has black, blue, or red hot (positive) wiring with white as the common (neutral) wiring and green as the ground.
Ensure with a VOM or DMM that your polarity is correct! Then compare specifications. Conact me if you wish more help.
deg 1991 # 277
I'd suggest you find a very inexpensive LED that advertises as being dimmable, check to see what dimmer that source sells, or recommends,
and determine if your units qualify. Especially if it is strip lights, check the specifications and what each color of wire controls or supplies what. Super Bright LEDs generally is a good source of information. As Rich stated, some LEDs just basically On or Off. Dimmable devices are a special breed of LED. Sometimes, dimmers are built for certain LED units and may not interchange. You may need to go back to the basics and compare specifications, circuit functions, and wire coding.
Also, sometimes Newel's wire color coding is not industry standard. For example on our #277, in the DC light wiring for the marker lights, the black is the positive, whereas, normal DC wiring, the black is always negative - look at your car's wiring to the battery. It didn't matter to the old incandescent lamps, but LEDs are polarity sensitive. Normal AC (120v) wiring has black, blue, or red hot (positive) wiring with white as the common (neutral) wiring and green as the ground.
Ensure with a VOM or DMM that your polarity is correct! Then compare specifications. Conact me if you wish more help.
deg 1991 # 277