ingeborgdot Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 I am planning on replacing my under cabinet lighting which are xenon lights, with LED lighting strips. It will not be pulling a lot of watts so I was curious how many watts the switch needs to use in order to work properly? Thanks.
lilyoyo1 Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 37 minutes ago, ingeborgdot said: I am planning on replacing my under cabinet lighting which are xenon lights, with LED lighting strips. It will not be pulling a lot of watts so I was curious how many watts the switch needs to use in order to work properly? Thanks. What switch? Insteon hardwired devices require a neutral. The minimum load I believe is 5w. The only device that uses power from a bulb is the 2 wire dimmer which I believe requires a minimum 25w. I could be wrong since I haven't dealt with that particular module in ages. I highly doubt it would work properly with your transformer
ingeborgdot Posted August 10, 2022 Author Posted August 10, 2022 I guess it would have helped to put the switch 😏 2477D. The load will be more than 5 watts for sure, but probably under 20.
Techman Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 If you use the Insteon ON/OFF switch, there isn't a required minimum load, but it's not dimmable.
ingeborgdot Posted August 10, 2022 Author Posted August 10, 2022 No, a dimmer is what I want in this spot. I am sure the load is greater than the 5w listed above.
MrBill Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 18 minutes ago, ingeborgdot said: No, a dimmer is what I want in this spot. I am sure the load is greater than the 5w listed above. should work just fine, make sure the bulb is dimable. The dimming range at 5w may fall short, I have an 8w LED on a 2477D and it's hard to manually dim, works fine when you work out a percentage via ISY and set the on level to that.
ingeborgdot Posted August 10, 2022 Author Posted August 10, 2022 Ok. Interesting on the percentage via ISY that you talk about. I have never done that before with LED. Is there a place where I can go to find out more about how to do this percentage with LED? Thanks.
Brian H Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 If they are a low voltage LED driven by an electronic driver assembly. Verify it is designed to be driven by a dimmer style Insteon Switch. I believe you can set all those things on the Options menu for the switch and in the Scene it is in.
hyounker Posted August 22, 2022 Posted August 22, 2022 Of course, everyone has different needs for their lighting, but after a couple of attempts to automate our under cabinet lighting, I opted for a non-automated solution. I have four different zones for under cabinet lighting, although one zone is actually above sink and another zone is above working area countertop. I used the LED puck lights and touch sensors with three dimming levels. I extended the touch sensor wire to the bottom of the cabinet where I attached it to a length of copper tape that I ran the length of the bottom of the cabinet. Now, touching the bottom of the cabinet anywhere turns the lights on like you were touching the touch sensor. The tape is unseen and the installation very clean. Again, its not automated, but it works better for us than automation. 1
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