how to dime a meanwell led driver

J

John LOQUE

Member

• Feb 16, 2019

• #1

Hi,
i've got a brand new led driver, with a double wire that is for dimming purpose.
What to do with this wire please ?
I've got another led driver with a built in potentiometer, but in this case, must i put a potentiometer between those 2 wires ?
Thanks

 

AgentPothead

Just this guy, ya know?

• Feb 16, 2019

• #2

I'm not an electrician, and electricity is basically magic that can kill you, so take anything I say with a huge kosher style grain of salt, but I did find this thread that might help.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=327991
It mostly talks about using arduino though to control the dimming. I did find this also from their official page.
http://www.meanwell.eu/ExclusivePDF/DIMMER-NOTE.pdf
Hopefully one of those helps bro. And be safe!

 

ReikoX

Knight of the BlackSvn

• Feb 16, 2019

• #3

You need a 100K Ohm potentiometer between those wires like this one:
https://www.rapidled.com/cased-potentiometer-with-knob/

 

J

John LOQUE

Member

• Feb 17, 2019

• #4

ReikoX said:

You need a 100K Ohm potentiometer between those wires like this one:
https://www.rapidled.com/cased-potentiometer-with-knob/

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Thank you! I tried a small 100 k pot, 0,25W, and it works well, the pot is not hot at all.
Great thanks again !!!