DIMMING THE OVERHEAD DINETTE LIGHTS?
Has anyone tried that?
We have dimmers on one set of our saloon lighting, and on one of the light sets over the galley. Both of those sets are AC circuits with low-voltage converters somewhere along the way... and the light fixtures take the same 24VDC LEDs we've used on the DC lighting everywhere else. The dimmers on these circuits are Vimar Idea-series #VM16557 available from Imtra.
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The two lights over the dinette are 24VDC... and I don't find a Vimar dimmer compatible with 24VDC circuitry, let alone one from their Idea series that we have throughout our boat.
I also don't know where the low-voltage converter is in the AC circuit... but presumably it happens somewhere before the dimmer? Which means the dimmer would receiving 24V? 24V-ish? Would that be 24VDC or 24VAC? Or...?
How's that AC-to-low-voltage thing work? I've read AC dimmers and DC lighting aren't compatible, but... how did Sea Ray get there from here?
EDIT: Actually, I've only guessed that the low voltage is 24VDC. Our LEDs are rated for 10-30VDC, so I guess it those dimming light fixtures could be 12V instead of 24V.
Ideas? (sort of a pun...)
-Chris
Has anyone tried that?
We have dimmers on one set of our saloon lighting, and on one of the light sets over the galley. Both of those sets are AC circuits with low-voltage converters somewhere along the way... and the light fixtures take the same 24VDC LEDs we've used on the DC lighting everywhere else. The dimmers on these circuits are Vimar Idea-series #VM16557 available from Imtra.
Product Search | Marine Products & Accessories | Imtra
Vimar Marine Switches | Cover Plates & USB Outlets | Imtra
The two lights over the dinette are 24VDC... and I don't find a Vimar dimmer compatible with 24VDC circuitry, let alone one from their Idea series that we have throughout our boat.
I also don't know where the low-voltage converter is in the AC circuit... but presumably it happens somewhere before the dimmer? Which means the dimmer would receiving 24V? 24V-ish? Would that be 24VDC or 24VAC? Or...?
How's that AC-to-low-voltage thing work? I've read AC dimmers and DC lighting aren't compatible, but... how did Sea Ray get there from here?
EDIT: Actually, I've only guessed that the low voltage is 24VDC. Our LEDs are rated for 10-30VDC, so I guess it those dimming light fixtures could be 12V instead of 24V.
Ideas? (sort of a pun...)
-Chris