Dimmer to use with a LED pendant/chandelier that has 25 LED lights

Anyone · Oct 21, 2022

I'm looking for advice on a dimmer to use with this light (Layla - 25 light LED pendant). Normal led dimmer doesn't work, I guess because there are too many led bulbs. Advice/suggestions welcome. Thanks.

Link to the light here - Layla 25 Light Led Pendant - https://www.woodies.ie/layla-25-light-led-pendant-1154388

SparkyChick · Oct 21, 2022

To be able to dim LED lamps two things need to align... the dimmer must be capable of modifying the mains in a way that is compatible with the LED driver and the driver itself must be capable of being dimmed.

The driver is either built into the lamp or, as is the case of that lamp, built into the unit that mounts the light to the ceiling and based on the fact you state it's not dimming... I would say it's not capable of being dimmed.

Anyone · Oct 21, 2022

SparkyChick said:
To be able to dim LED lamps two things need to align... the dimmer must be capable of modifying the mains in a way that is compatible with the LED driver and the driver itself must be capable of being dimmed.

The driver is either built into the lamp or, as is the case of that lamp, built into the unit that mounts the light to the ceiling and based on the fact you state it's not dimming... I would say it's not capable of being dimmed.

Thanks SparkyChick. It stated on the box that it was dimmable - and had the dimmable symbol. But with a regular led dimmer, it dims a little but makes a low humming noise

. Then when I dim a bit lower, all bulbs go off.

davesparks · Oct 21, 2022

A lot of LED dimmers are only rated for 10 lamps max regardless of wattage.

Zano make a range of dimmers which have no limit on the number of lamps. I have recently used them for a number of rooms which have around 40x LED golf ball lamps on a single dimmer with no problem.

https://zanocontrols.co.uk/