Need help with dimming large chandelier

[Neil Claxton]

My friend has a two gang dimmer it's the size that fits a 2 gang box also in brushed chrome they changed from a 250watt per dimmer to a 1500watt per dimmer as the first one wasn't dimming the lights

One side does two wall lights with 8 x 3 watt dimmable lamps

The other side does a massive chandelier with 50 x 3 watt dimmable lamps

The new dimmer does dim the lights but only a fraction and buzzes like crazy when doing so

My question is what should I fit are there specific dimmers for LEDs?

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[UNG]

The dimmer you are using has a minimum load of 225w

 

[Neil Claxton]

The dimmer you are using has a minimum load of 225w

Well spotted lol ok so do you know of a dimmer with really low minimum load so it can be dimmed right down. Especially when the wall lights have not much load at all

 

[Richard Burns]

Most manufacturers would not recommend attempting to dim 50 LED lamps on a single dimmer switch.
LED lamps can have a high inrush current on switch on and can damage the dimmer.
A trailing edge dimmer module should not buzz or hum.
You may be able to find a, say, 200W trailing edge dimmer module that can take LED lamps but generally a module rated at 200W for halogen lamps will be derated to about 100W of LED lamps so you may have to find perhaps a 300W dimmer which are hard to get in trailing edge and suitable for LED.

Most of the trailing edge dimmers should not have problems with a 24W load but getting one that can dim 150W and 50 lamps will be difficult without going to a dimmer system rather than a switch.

 

[The Ghost]

I think you need to ask the manufacturer of the LED what they recommend for dimming. The other switch also takes a minumum load of 10w so maybe you should use that switch for the chandeliers?

 

[GMES]

@Neil Claxton I have deleted your other thread that was identical to this one, Can you please only start one thread instead of two in the future, it just creates confusion for the members.
Cheers GMES

 

[Neil Claxton]

@Neil Claxton I have deleted your other thread that was identical to this one, Can you please only start one thread instead of two in the future, it just creates confusion for the members.
Cheers GMES

No problem I wasn't sure where to put it cheers

 

[Midwest]

I see that Richmond Lighting.co.uk, was taken over by Zano Controls in 2011. Zano are a quality company (IMO) specialising in dimming. They can be expensive, but may be able to advise your further with something suitable, not withstanding the issues mentioned;

The Answer to LED Dimming - http://www.zanocontrols.co.uk/