LED Recessed ceiling downlights dimmable

[dragonaus]

Hi all,

 

I am in the middle of a condo reno in Pattaya. I couldn't believe how difficult it would be to find Led downlights dimmable with dimmer wall switches.

 

I'm sure others have asked,  but does anyone know an Electrical outlet that covers my requirement.

 

I have tried Homepro and Boontharvon but to no avail.

Many thanks

[AJBangkok]

IKEA sells 5w GU10 led dimmable downlights. 

Edited October 17, 2017 by AJBangkok

[KittenKong]

Thai Watsudu on Sukumvit near the corner of Chaiyapreuk has them. I was looking at them the other day.

 

Unfortunately none of the new LED lights (dimmable or not) will fit my existing recessed sockets properly so for the time being I still use incandescent bulbs. At some point I will have to change all the sockets.

[dragonaus]

Many thanks Guys,

Did see Ikea and that is a fall back, but they didn't have dimmer wall switch.

 

Also saw Panasonic dimmer 300 or 650watt  dimmable wall switch in Boontharvon,  but electrician says it is not for LED.

 

Problem appears Thailand is into colour LED of all types and 1-2-3 step lights, but not all LED Dimmable.

 

In Australia and probably most other countries,  no problem.

 

I will go to Thai Watsudu on Sukumvhit rd thanks KittenKong -

 

keep trying

 

 

[sometimewoodworker]

For dimmable LED's it depends if you want bulbs or complete units.

 

LED bulbs are easy and available in many places. If you want the complete fittings then the only place that has 2 or 4 choices of units is HomePro

 

However if you want colour changing (cool to walm white) 

 

 

or or just a selection of dimmable single colour

 

 

then your our going to have to import them from China via banggood or DX.com. I've got about 30 or 40 from them.

[dragonaus]

Many thanks Guys,

Did see Ikea and that is a fall back, but they didn't have dimmer wall switch.

 

Also saw Panasonic dimmer 300 or 650watt  dimmable wall switch in Boontharvon,  but electrician says it is not for LED.

 

Problem appears Thailand is into colour LED of all types and 1-2-3 step lights, but not all LED Dimmable.

 

In Australia and probably most other countries,  no problem.

 

I will go to Thai Watsudu on Sukumvhit rd thanks KittenKong -

 

keep trying

 

 

[dragonaus]

Not bulbs, 

Recessed led downlights, similar to yours, with dimmers.

 

The most common in Australia is 2700 (warm white) 3000 Kelvin (soft white) for general rooms. Bathroom and maybe Kitchen have more brightness say 3000 -4100 (cool white) The dimmer if lucky could be the one you used for halogen, like HPM.

 Otherwise buy a new dimmer for LED. Can be bought in any place that sells lighting in Australia.

And bingo you are now dimming whichever lights you have purchased to any level your mood takes.

 

I will try Thai Watsudu and Pornchai Electrics, someone must sell the complete dimming package.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

[Crossy]

When we built our place back in 2011 LED lighting was in it's infancy in Thailand, dimmable LEDs were virtually unheard of (= expensive).

 

Taking the path of least resistance we simply installed lots of lighting circuits, need to adjust the level, turn on more or fewer. Works well for us.

[sometimewoodworker]

On 17/10/2017 at 7:58 PM, dragonaus said:

Not bulbs, 

Recessed led downlights, similar to yours, with dimmers.

 

The most common in Australia is 2700 (warm white) 3000 Kelvin (soft white) for general rooms. Bathroom and maybe Kitchen have more brightness say 3000 -4100 (cool white) The dimmer if lucky could be the one you used for halogen, like HPM.

 Otherwise buy a new dimmer for LED. Can be bought in any place that sells lighting in Australia.

And bingo you are now dimming whichever lights you have purchased to any level your mood takes.

 

I will try Thai Watsudu and Pornchai Electrics, someone must sell the complete dimming package.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

The only shop I've found that has any dimmable flat unit down lights is HomePro and they have only 4 types and you don't have a choice of colour temperature.

 

The only way I know of to get a selection of styles and colour temperature is to buy direct from China. If you do that you can get a reasonable selection. Banggood, DX, ebay and probably aliexpress will all ship to Thailand.

 

Just buying a dimmer that claims to dim LED's will not work if the LED isn't designed to be dimmed.

 

Just because your electrician said that the dimmer is not for LED's does not make it true.

 

Many dimmable LED's will work on a normal triac dimmer, cost from about 60 Baht to 250 Baht. Few if any Thai people who do domestic electrical work are trained electricians and even fewer know much about LED power supplies.

 

I bought, tested and installed my lighting myself because I knew that even I, who hasn't got any training know more than anybody I could find, knows more about LED lighting than they do.

 

these are samples of down lights I imported all from DX most are dimmable,  several are variable white from about 2,000k to 6,500k with RF remotes

Edited October 21, 2017 by sometimewoodworker

[sometimewoodworker]

On 17/10/2017 at 9:03 PM, Crossy said:

When we built our place back in 2011 LED lighting was in it's infancy in Thailand, dimmable LEDs were virtually unheard of (= expensive).

 

Taking the path of least resistance we simply installed lots of lighting circuits, need to adjust the level, turn on more or fewer. Works well for us.

That is still a good way to do it. I've done that as well as having dimmable lights

 

[Crossy]

2 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

That is still a good way to do it. I've done that as well as having dimmable lights

You moved in yet STWW?

 

[sometimewoodworker]

17 minutes ago, Crossy said:

You moved in yet STWW?

 

Not yet. I've still got to get the water sorted, the village was building a new water tower during my last trip so we didn't have anything other than rain water & I haven't got that system setup yet. So we had no water. We also need to get the kitchen area sorted

 

Also I still haven't got round to sorting out the borrowed neutral problem, and it turns out that several lighting points have no power to them.

 

So I'm back at work 3,000 miles away, so SWMBO is saying jai yen yen

[dragonaus]

Hi sometimewoodworker,

 

My Electrician is English and served his apprenticeship. As we have all found out, there is a limited amount of Led dimming systems here. 

But I have now got one from the company who supplied to many hotels and condos including the latest Riveria at Wongamat. 

 

Thanks all for your help.