LED dimmers

LED dimmer: choose the right dimmer for your LED lighting

Not every dimmer works with LED. An old halogen dimmer often makes LED lamps flicker, hum or not dim properly. Here you will find LED dimmers for 230 volt lamps (built-in, cord dimmer and plug-in dimmer) and PWM dimmers for 12V and 24V LED strips.

Which LED dimmer do you need?

• 230V lamps (GU10, E27, R7s): choose a trailing-edge LED dimmer, like the built-in LED dimmer 1 to 200W, or an inline cord dimmer if you don't want an installation, like the cord dimmer white 1 to 50W or the plug cable with dimmer.
• 12V or 24V LED strips: choose a PWM dimmer, like the LED dimmer PWM 12V/24V 8A with rotary knob. Never use a 230V dimmer on a 12V or 24V strip, or the other way around.

Watch the wattage and dimmable lamps

• Add up the wattages of all lamps and choose a dimmer whose maximum power is well above that.
• LED dimmers have a low minimum load. An old dimmer with a high minimum (for example 40W) makes a single small LED lamp flicker.
• Dimming only works with lamps that are marked as dimmable.

The whole story is in Dimmable LED lamps and LED dimmers.

Matching lamps and strips

Combine a dimmer with dimmable GU10 LED spots or with LED strips. For a strip you also need an LED power supply.