Remember that it never hurts to go larger with your power supply, but your lights will not operate properly if your power supply is too small. Simply round *up* to the nearest power supply size. Please make your selections above and press calculate. So, you'll need one power supply for each dimmer or switch that you want. When you're completing a large area or room, you would typically use multiple power supplies, one for each "zone" or group of lights that you want to control. Total Number of Fixtures fixturesĮnter the total number of lights that you want to connect to your power supply. 24VDC is most common for residential and commercial applications. You can find the fixture's wattage under the product specs/overview tab. Select the wattage per fixture that you're planning to use. If you have any questions about sizing your power supply, please don't hesitate to chat live with an LED expert. The most popular low-voltage choice used by residential and commercial customers is 24VDC, since it is still a safe low voltage and yet it provides more protection against voltage drop, and consumes less current. In automotive or marine applications, this power can be supplied from a 12vdc or 24vdc battery. The power supply connects to standard house current (120VAC) and steps this current down to 12 or 24VDC.
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When using low voltage LED recessed lights, a power supply (sometimes called a driver or transformer) is used to provide the LED lights with the low voltage power that they need to run. If you're chooseing 120VAC lights, you can ignore this section as you don't need a power supply. This calculator applies only to low voltage (12 or 24VDC) recessed lights.
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