Dimming creates the right mood

„dim to warm” oder „tunable white”

Today, it is technically possible to dim LEDs. It should be noted that the light colour does not normally change when dimming. However, mainly in the private sector, users expect the light colour to become warmer when dimmed, as was the case with incandescent lamps in the past. To make this possible, cool white and warm white LEDs are built into the luminaire, which create a "dim to warm" effect by mixing colours. Tunable white solutions continuously mix cool white and warm white light and are also adjustable in brightness in the desired light colour. The colour temperature, for example, can thus be selected between 2,000K and 6,500K and can be adjusted to the maximum or minimum brightness in any desired light tone. This is recommended if you want to set maximum bright, activating light at midday and relaxing, strongly dimmed light in the evening.

Dimming LED luminaires via the light switch with dimmer

In contrast to earlier incandescent lamps, which were usually connected directly to the mains voltage (alternating current) and could be dimmed easily, LED luminaires are equipped with control gear that supplies the LEDs with the necessary voltage. When dimming LEDs, therefore, the entire electronics must be dimmed and not the filament directly as with incandescent lamps. There are also LED luminaires that basically cannot be dimmed. For this reason, LED luminaires or lamps must be specially labelled as dimmable.

We have made sure that all GROSSMANN luminaires are dimmable or, in some cases, smart controllable. Important to know: Not every dimmer works with every available LED luminaire. For example, humming or flickering may occur. We have therefore created our own dimmer list so that our customers can be sure which combinations are possible without any problems:

Dimming LED luminaires via radio

Some of our GROSSMANN LED luminaires are optionally available with radio controls. These enable digital control via smartphone, tablet, remote control, voice control or a corresponding radio switch on the wall.

For existing luminaires, there are retrofittable combinations of radio receivers and dimmers that are suitable if there is enough space in the ceiling canopy of the luminaire or in the false ceiling. It is always important to check compatibility beforehand.

Service life of LEDs

LEDs have an extremely long service life. While incandescent lamps fail after about 1,000 hours and fluorescent lamps after about 18,000 hours (ECG), high-performance LEDs have a service life of several 10,000 hours. When used at home with intensive luminaire use of about 1,000 hours a year, this corresponds to more than 20 years of use.

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