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Whether it's a new design or replacing old lamps start up current has to be considered.
What is the ocpd?
I see you have looked at mode, I have fitted lots of mirage and tiger panels. Is this for a commercial project?
It all depends on the lamp to be honest. Using a tiger panel, which is similar to mirage Ive dimmed 50 GU10 LED's on 1 channel. Flickering can still be an issue even with that though. Mode produce the dimmers in leading or trailing edge and you have to specify what you require.
Lutron is another good option, I think its better than Mode, but mode can dim bigger loads. Ive not dimmed high loads with Lutron it but it will successfully dim say 2 5w GU10 on a dimming channel with no issue - I have this in my house using grafik eyes and a home works system so I know it works. Using a grafik eye's Im pretty sure you can have 500w on the 1st channel so it will 'might' work. That being said, using the Lutron Rania dimmer switches I ended up with flickering lamps on low loads so its not successful across the range of products.
You need to ask the manufacturer of the lamp, and ask the manufacturer of the dimmer, unfortunately thats how it is. When you look at the specs for the lamps find out what the mA rating is for them and see if this then takes it over the rating of the OPD for the circuit.
You say its sort of commercial, it either is or isn't really so what scenario is it for?
Hi,
Have you had a look at Zano? They do an out of the box 5-250W LED Dimmer. They're renowned for quality LED dimming.
Zano ZEDLINE LED Dimmer
Let me know if you would like a price?
Cheers,
Ivan
Thanks for reply, looked at the GraphicEye aswell but cosmetically it looks a bit too "cool" and is a bit overkill with all the add on stuff ect ect ect ect. Think the Mirage will be okay
The OP is looking at 360w of LED so I'm thinking you idea might not work for very long!
3rd comment.......What options is there to control x 24 (10-15w) led's ??
24 x 10 = 240, so the Zano is an option?!
He could go crazy and even add another lamp lol
They do a two gang version so you can fit 500W of LED dimming on the plate although obviously not the ideal solution as you would have 2 circuits.
3rd comment.......What options is there to control x 24 (10-15w) led's ??
24 x 10 = 240, so the Zano is an option?!
He could go crazy and even add another lamp lol
They do a two gang version so you can fit 500W of LED dimming on the plate although obviously not the ideal solution as you would have 2 circuits.
Zano Zbar LED controller have a look at that. Then use a rotary analogue switch with it. Costs about £125 ish. Talking to Zano they use 1.8 x load to calculate inrush which is about what fluors were/are. However each manufacturer has differing inrush currents and you would have to look at their site or tech dept. for proper info regards inrush.
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