All about LED Dimming: Expert Analysis

hi this is neil peterson with led lighting supply today i'm going to talk about installing leds with a dimming switch first and foremost you want to be using a licensed electrician do not do it yourself you know from a standpoint of the fixtures you can use you can you know whether using a high bay a linear a canopy you know any type of indoor fixture uh that that supports dimming uh can be put on a switch um the only difference is compared to what you may be used to from fluorescent fixtures or a19 type line dimming the old style leds require 0 to 10 volt or 1 to 10 volt dimmers so you need to make sure you go and you get the proper dimmer actually i've been to home depot and lowe's you really can't buy them there they only sell the the line dimmers you really need to order them online from them so so make sure you get one and uh again the difference is whereas there are what's called dimming lines that are also run from fixture to fixture they actually connect to the fixture so again the fixtures can come on they're on but then what the dimming lines do the switch is actually talking to each fixture telling it to dim down as you as you push the slide down in the case where this one went off this one stays on as i mentioned there's zero to ten volt and one to ten volt this fixture supports zero to ten volt which means it will dim all the way to off whereas this fixture is one to 10 volt it'll only dim down to the lowest level then you have to actually physically shut it off so this the switches allow you to do that so again you want to make sure you have an electrical contractor but that's basically how dimming works and again you could be using any of the fixtures so you know give one of our technicians call today if this is something you feel you need again where we find dimming is most applicable you know pole barns if you've got a a church rec room where you're you're using it both for some type of recreation and maybe meetings you know during recreation you may want it brighter during meetings you might want it lower that's really where dimming fits in we rarely if ever find industrial locations or warehouses or commercial places that really need them most of the time they want them as bright as possible and they turn them on and they turn them off so give us a call today and we'll we'll help you figure out what you need have a great day

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