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I bought two different "Kopp LED Switches": Kopp 8428: 3W - 35W LED Load, leading-edge only Kopp 8454: 3W - 100W LED Load, both leading-edge and trailing-edge In addition to this I also bought different LED bulbs - my lamp needs two of them: The "technically better" switch 8454 does make more flickering, thus I have chosen the "manually adjustable" dimmer 8428, which officially only takes 35W LED Load max - and here is my problem: 11W x 2 = 22W (< 35 W LED Load) :-- 17W x 2 = 34W (< 35 W LED Load) 0.88A when dimmer on max 20W x 2 = 40W (> 35 W LED Load) This gives the best light!!! :-+ 0.88A when dimmer on max When measuring the current of the 2 x 17W version, it reaches 0.88A max as well as the 2 x 20W version, although having different specs in watt?! However, as the light is much more nicer from the 2 x 20W version, and as it is the same current consumption compared to the 2 x 17W LED dimmable light bulbs, I wonder how to take the LED Load of 35W max into consideration? Power : Volt = Ampere 35W : 230V = 0.15 Ampere (This should be the limit of the switch concerning LED Load?!) But I measure 0.88 Ampere with both bulb versions 2 x 17W and 2 x 20W?! I don't want to risk a fire, but cannot explain myself the limitation of the "LED Load" in this respect as the amperage is equal? I haven't opened neither the bulbs nor the switches so far, so that I don't know anything about their circuit protections... Taking protection at first place, I obviously must not use 2 x 17W and not 2 x 20W, regardless of the printing on the bulbs... These are my first LED dimmers, so that any help is appreciated, as I don't have any experiences with them! ThanX! ;) |
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