Clipsal has launched the 31LCDA load correction device for improved dimming performance of low-powered, energy-efficient lighting.

Today, the lighting market offers consumers more choice than ever before. Low-powered, energy-efficient lighting technologies, such as LEDs and CFLs, are now replacing traditional incandescent or halogen resistive load types. However, this shift has created a market-wide problem — compatibility issues when dimming these new non-resistive loads with phase-controlled dimmers.

Many lighting manufacturers label their LED and CFL loads as being dimmable or compatible, even though there are no test standards to confirm such claims. These non-resistive loads include complex electronic circuits in the LED drivers or CFL ballasts, which attempt to replicate the dimming behaviour of traditional resistive loads.

If the LED drivers or CFL ballasts are not fully compatible with a particular dimmer, it will lead to erratic lighting behaviour. The common indicators of less/non-compatible, energy-efficient lighting are: flickering; significantly smaller dimming range; and a dim glow even when the load is in the off-state.

The Clipsal 31LCDA Load Correction Device is designed to improve the dimming performance of most dimmable LEDs/CFLs, when used in conjunction with Clipsal 2-Wire Dimmers.

So – the next time you experience compatibility issues between a Clipsal 2-Wire Dimmer and a new LED/CFL load, the 31LCDA should be your first course of action.