{"product_id":"trailing-edge-dimmer-for-led-lighting","title":"Trailing Edge Dimmer for LED Lighting","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe part that decides whether the light behaves: a dimmer with a 5 to 250W range and an adjustable minimum, which is the setting that stops LEDs flickering at the bottom of the dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBathroom lighting is the one part of a house where getting it wrong is a safety matter rather than a taste matter, and it is sold almost entirely on photographs. Every listing here states the zone the fitting may be installed in, the IP rating with both digits explained, the colour rendering index, the lumen output and the efficacy in lumens per circuit watt. If a fitting is not suitable above a bath we say so on the page you are buying it from. If a mirror is backlit and will not light your face, we say that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZone: outside the zones only, which means more than 600mm from the edge of a bath or shower and more than 600mm from a basin tap. We would still fit an IP44 product in a bathroom, and this one is, but the regulations do not require it here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIP rating: IP20. No water protection at all. This is a dry area product and it must not be installed in any bathroom zone. We stock it because plenty of cloakrooms have no bath or shower in them, and we say so plainly rather than letting somebody find out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: standard back box or a driver case, and the case dimensions are on the drawing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight output: not applicable, this is a control or a supply\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour temperature: not applicable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour rendering: not applicable to a control. It is the driver quality that decides whether the fitting it feeds flickers, which is why we sell drivers as a named part rather than as a mystery inside a box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimming: trailing edge, 5 to 250W, with an adjustable minimum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectrical: Class 2 unless stated. Every driver here is a named part with a datasheet, and it is stocked as a spare for ten years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire rating: not applicable to a wall or surface mounted fitting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandards: BS EN 61347 for the driver, BS EN 61558-2-6 for the transformer, BS EN 60669 for the switch, UKCA and CE marked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 0.30 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuarantee: five years on the fitting and the LED module, two years on the driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePosition: a driver or a transformer must be accessible for maintenance. A driver sealed into a plasterboard void is a future ceiling repair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeadroom: size a driver at 80 per cent of its rating. A driver run at its limit runs hot and a hot driver is a short driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompatibility: tell us what fittings you are running and we will confirm the combination before you order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZone: controls and drivers go outside the zones unless they are specifically rated, and most are not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe item\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea datasheet with the part number\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einstallation instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eterminal screws and a gland where needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstallation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA registered electrician. Electrical work in a room containing a bath or a shower is notifiable under Part P of the Building Regulations in England and Wales. That means it has to be done by a registered electrician or signed off by building control. Replacing a like for like fitting on an existing circuit is not notifiable. Adding a new circuit, a new socket or a new spur is. Put the driver somewhere you can reach it again. That single decision is the difference between a ten minute repair and a ceiling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChoosing between this and the alternatives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly every complaint about LED lighting is a driver complaint. Flicker at low brightness, a step at 15 per cent, a buzz on the dimmer, lights that come on at different times: all driver. So we sell drivers as named parts with datasheets and part numbers, we stock them for ten years, and we will confirm a dimmer and driver combination before you order rather than after you have wired it in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bathe and Beam","offers":[{"title":"One","offer_id":58023170212222,"sku":"BBM-DRV-001-X1","price":41.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/1527\/9230\/files\/Trailing_Edge_Dimmer_for_LED_Lighting.jpg?v=1789239875","url":"https:\/\/batheandbeam.com\/products\/trailing-edge-dimmer-for-led-lighting","provider":"Bathe \u0026 Beam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}