led dimmers

[igadget56]

I have some Evolution non dimmable LED's. Is there anyway to make them
dimmable without taking them apart, like some control to plug them into?

 

[Rudolph]

I have no technical knowledge, but could you plug them into a lamp dimmer? I thought I read that somewhere, but could not find it again....I would find out before I tried it though....Good luck

 

[radicaltimes]

Maybe email their customer support? I'm sure they will know more about than anyone else

 

[5pacey]

I have some Evolution non dimmable LED's. Is there anyway to make them
dimmable without taking them apart, like some control to plug them into?

Not sure what Evolution LED's are, but if they come w/built in drivers, and it says non-dimmable on them then there is no way. The led's themselves are always dimmable, it's the driver(s) that decide.

Spacey

 

[igadget56]

This is the light I have. Kinda new to all this, not sure how far to hang them above the water And how long to leave them on each night. I had them for a few months now.When I first got them I had them 14" above the water for six hours a night and I lost all the coraline I had on the back of the tank. Then I started growing this brown stringy algae, so I them left off for 3 nights and it is now almost gone. I'm going to run them 1 hour a night, then a little more each night. any help or other idea's would be great. Oh ay only have a few corals and the for most part they look good.


http://www.*********.com/forums/evolution-led-light/68888-200w-3g-20k-led-stock-today.html

 

[igadget56]

link dosen't work.

200 watt 2:1 460nm blue/warm white

 

[5pacey]

link dosen't work.

200 watt 2:1 460nm blue/warm white

Ok, I think I know what the fixture is. Its by evolutionledlight right? I only see a 200W dimmable on their site but it doesn't exactly match the specs you provided. So... I assume its an older model which is not dimmable (or at least it doesn't say so). With those assumption in mind, yes there is a way to muck w/the fixture to make it dimmable, but you have to be a pretty handy DIY'er to do it and not be afraid to play w/electricity . Basically what you would have to do is open up the fixture, find where the drivers are, figure out what their specs are and then buy and install equivalent dimmable drivers. The dimmable drivers will have more wires though because they need to be controlled somehow obviously (either by a potentiometer(s) or from a controller (like Apex)) so you will have to mod the case somewhat to allow a way to connect the pot(s) and/or a controller from outside. Alternatively, after you open up the case you can figure out what kind of emitters (actual LED's) there are, how many and how they are connected (serial or parallel etc) and then figure out what kind of driver(s) you will need to drive theme and buy dimmable drivers that match those requirements and install them.

Short of doing the above (w/out changing the current drivers) there is no way to make the fixture dimmable.

All of the above of course kills any warranty there may be on the fixture. Also unless you get things right you may fry some LED's and/or drivers and parts of yourself in the process . That said this is not really rocket science if you know a bit about this kind of stuff and have played around before w/some basic electronics and know the difference between AC and DC and that DC has + and - and that they are not interchangeable.

Spacey

 

[igadget56]

You are correct it is an older model. Thank you but I think I'll pass, maybe could do it. To expensive to screw it up.