G9 LEDs on 5508D1A

I've got 5 x 5508D1A dimmer units as part of my c-bus system and one of the light fittings it controls has 14xG9 bulbs on a channel. This light fitting is hard to reach and a halogen bulb needs changing every month!

Can I use G9 LEDs in this fixture if I use an instant ramp setting (i.e. no dim feature on that channel)? It would mean that the bulbs would very rarely need changing, which would be so much easier!

 

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Hi
LED replacement lamps are compromised products so their operation has more limitations and less predictability.
They may or may not work, 5508D1A is a leading edge dimmer and a lot of LED's seem to work on trailing edge, or more preferably universal.

An alternative option is to set the dimmer to a max of 95% and that should double the life of your halogen lamps. Do this and change all the halogen lamps at once and you're likely to have a maintenance free few years.

 

Thanks Matthew, I may hold on a few more years then until there's a bit more certainty with LEDs.

I like the sound of doubling the life span . Is there a bulk way of updating all of the lights in one go via Toolkit?

 

Not as far as I know, you have to set each channel's max % on each dimmer GUI

 

Thanks Matthew!