Q for electricians... the usual suspects ;o)

[The Builder]

Part of a house re-furb that I've just finished ..... in one room I've fitted five 4watt LED downlighters on a standard one way switch.
They'd prefer a dimmer. Even the elec suppliers (CEF) could only come up with one with a minimum load of 40W.
Still get poor dimming control and flickering.
I might have read somewhere about fitting some kind of shunt resistor to increase the load.
Any ideas?

[flobadob]

How's about new bulbs? ie higher wattage. Would probably be an easier fit out for you.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

As flob says or buy a dedicated led dimmer...these use trailing edge technology and give the lamps a soft start.If you try to use a standard dimmer it will soon burn out.Pop into Eddys..City or Neweys...but they aint cheap.

[The Builder]

Good point Flobbers. I should have done that in the first place. :o(

Brightness ......... so there is such a thing as a dedicated LED dimmer? I thought there would be. It was City where I asked. I guess the lad on the counter didn't know about them. While I was enquiring, there was a "proper" electrician in the store. He didn't know either :o(

Now I know what I'm looking for. Thanks both :o)

[shooty]

Have you checked that the driver is dimmable ?

[shooty]

Also, is there only one driver for all 4. By putti ng a driver on each seperately will up the Kva

[shooty]

Ps, that is assuming the driver isnt built into the lamp.

[The Builder]

Thanks Shooty. Sorry, I should have said ........ the LEDs are mains voltage GU10 type lamps.

[shooty]

No worries, You already have your answer ^^^ : )