The challenge of LED‘s
Brochure: The best way to switch and dim LED lighting
The challenge of LED‘s and how to deal with it
There is general guidelines for LED lamps that apply, from the version of socket base, to Lumins output and Wattage consumption. However other factors are not. As apposed to a classic lamp with a simple spiral wound, LED lamps include a lot of electronics for control. Every manufacturer can decide the layout of this themselves. The manufacturer of switching and dimming devices currently do not have any indications as to which electrics it controls and as to how the lamp behaves. The respective standards currently only exist as a draft.
No standards available? Then we will test it ourselves!
If special switching loads for LED lamps and discharge lamps are not specified on a product, one must assume that the product has not been approved for this. However, the specifications for LED loads are not always helpful. Which switching currents does the device manufacturer assume? These may differ from lamp to lamp. You should also be careful when adding. Several LEDs with low rated output may have higher switching currents in the sum than one single LED with the respective total output.
In order to be able to specify the load specifications for switching devices and dimmers, Theben conducts ongoing measurements on all conventional retrofit lamps. During these tests, the switching devices run through at least 40,000 switching cycles. This allows us to make reliable statements for the switchable loads.
