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Basics of Dimming
ISC Learning Centre
July 2009
Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers
Contents
What is a dimmer?
Dimmers & customer benefits
Dimmers at home
Dimmers at the office
Dimmers: technical choices
Overview of the Schneider Electric offer
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> Dimmers
What is a dimmer?
● It's an adjustable transformer used
to vary the level of lighting from 0 to
100% of lighting power
0
100%
● Fields of application
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Basics of Dimming
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Customer benefits
● Provide comfort & energy savings in day-to-day life
● Step-less adjustment of lighting level
● Consumption proportional to lighting level
(Dim your light by 25% and save 20% of your energy)
● Extended lifetime of filament lamps
● Soft start eliminates inrush current
● Decreasing line voltage by 10% doubles lifetime
● Optimise working comfort & efficiency
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> Dimmers at home
● Create a pleasant
atmosphere in the
living room
● Easily improve a twoway switch installation
Create
a lighting
atmosphere for
each situation!
Lighting plays an increasingly important role in
modern living
You're having friends over for a drink
You're watching TV
You're having a nice dinner
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> Dimmers at home
● Reduce discomfort
during the night or when
you wake up
by switching on
with soft light
When you get home late,
get up early or go to the toilet during the night,
minimise inconvenience to other people by using
dimmed lights!
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> Dimmers at home
Save energy by reducing
the level of lighting
Up to
20%
energy savings without losing your living comfort!
● Reduce brightness while you are watching TV (living room, corridor,
kitchen)
● Use the energy reduction function offered by our dimmer range (20%
savings)
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> Dimmers at home
● In summer, improve comfort
and energy savings
Save energy by
controlling
the speed of a fan
instead
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Basics of Dimming
> Examples of dimming at home
Remote Dimmers to control so
eating area and kitchen ligh
separately
Push-Buttons for
living room lights
On Off + Dim near each door
Kitchen light
control
PushButtons
for
living
room
lights
On Off +
Dim
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Dim in the room
to work properly
on the computer
Dim in the bedroom
near the door
at the head
of the bed
Double Dimmer unit
- for outdoor lights Push-Buttons for
living room lights
- for living room light
On Off + Dim near each door
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers at the office
● Focus attention
at conferences
● By dimming the light
in the room!
Create scenes to be more efficient by focusing your
participants' eyes on the screen!
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> Dimmers at the office
● Save energy in corridors,
entrance halls, etc.
Keep just the necessary lighting level!
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers at the office
● Improve your working
comfort
Adapt the level of light in your room and on your screen
to work without tiring your eyes!
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers: technical choices
Technically, dimmers depend
on the type of lights or loads 1/3
● Technically, dimmers depend on the type of lights or
loads
● Ohmic loads: incandescent lights, bulbs or 230 V AC
halogen
R
● Inductive loads: Low voltage halogen lights with
ferromagnetic transformers or some fluorescent tubes
(linear or lamp) with ferromagnetic transformers
● Capacitive loads: Low voltage halogen lights with
electronic transformers
L
C
● Fluorescent tubes with electronic ballast (1-10 V DC)
● Halogen fluo-compact lights are not dimmable yet.
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers: technical choices
Technically, dimmers depend
on the type of lights or loads 2/3
● Dimming is performed by varying the incoming voltage of the light
Closing phase control
Adapted to Ohmic loads &
Inductives loads
For ohmic loads
& inductive loads
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Opening phase control
Adapted to
Capacitive loads
For capacitive loads
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers: technical choices
Technically, dimmers depend
on the type of lights or loads 3/3
● Fluorescent tubes
L
N
Ballast 1
Dimmer
Ballast 2
+
+
Tube
Tube
100% Output
10%
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1-10Vdc
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers: technical choices
Technically, dimmers depend
on the type of lights or loads 3/3
● Fluorescent tubes
Alternative – Dimmer + Gateway KNX/DALI used in stand-alone
DALI bus
Dimmer
100% Output
10%
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1-10 Vdc
Dimmable Fluorescent
tubes
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmer selection parameters
Parameters
● Technical parameters
● Type of light (Incandescent, Halogen 230 V AC, Halogen low voltage,
Fluorescent tube)
● Power (in Watts = number of lights)
● Neutral wire available or not (in case of refurbishment)
● Combination with other functions (shutter control, heating control, etc.)
● Customer parameters
● Touch, rotary dimmer,
remote
● Design & Colors
● Light variation from several locations (depending on room layout)
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmer technologies
Schneider Electric's technical portfolio
for dimming
● We provide dimmers compatible with R, L, C loads and 1-10 V DC
fluorescent tubes
● You can get these solutions with:
● Stand-alone dimmers
Residential – Small Buildings
Wired wall- Infra-red
mounted
Buildings
Radio-frequency DIN rail dimmer
● Intelligent
Home Control
● BUS solution:
KNX, LON
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C
KNX, LON
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Basics of Dimming
> Wired dimmers
Wired wall-mounted dimmers
● Principle: The product includes the dimming function
● Several types of control:
● Rotary Dimmers
Dimmer
Light
L- 230Vac
N- 230Vac
● For all lighting loads* & motors (fans, etc.)
● Step-Step rotary resistance
● Memory function
● Comfort Rotary Dimmers
● Add-on functions (energy saving function = 80% of max. power,
Position indicator, etc.)
● Touch Dimmers
● With or Without memory function
(*except FLC= FLuo-Compact lights)
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Basics of Dimming
> Wired dimmers
Wired wall-mounted dimmers
● Dim the light from several locations (doors, entrances, stairs, etc.)
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Essential solution
- Adjust the light level from several
- All Push-Buttons can dim the light!
Super Dimmer
Living room
ceiling
L- 230Vac
Alternative
- Rotary with 3
memories
MTN577099
In hall entrance
Push-Buttons
PB1 Kitchen entrance
PB2 Sliding glass window
PB3 Garage door,
N- 230Vac
etc.
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmer components
MERTEN International
● How to order rotary and touch dimmers? Three parts!
Mechanism
+
I.E
Complete Dimmer
Function plate
Deco. Frame
(Insert)
MTN577099
- For R load
- For L load
- For C load
- Super Dimmer
- With/without memory
- Power 400W- 600W-1000W
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MTN567719
- Standard rotary plate,
- Comfort rotary plate
- Standard sensor cover
- Remote sensor cover
MTN489119
- Range
- Color
- Single, double, etc.
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers
Our offer
● Universal Comfort Rotary Dimmer
Segments to indicate the light level
2 segments always ON for people
to find their way in the dark
1-key memory
(ON/OFF + brightness
saving)
2-key memory
(ON/OFF +
brightness saving)
Indicator light key
Enable or disable the circular indication light
On/off by pressing
+ Rotary dimmer
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Energy function key 80%
Activated when the key is pressed
for >5s with the light on.
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Infra-red control
L
● Infra-red devices
● Principle:
● An IR emitter and one (or more) IR receiver(s)
are associated
● For all lights (loads)
● One or more receivers in the walls
● One emitter (remote)
R
E
N
● Main advantage:
● control the light(s) without moving
(from the sofa, etc.)
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- Discover Merten
International range of
Dimmers
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Infra-red control
● Example of association - Control lights
and shutters from the same remote!!
Shutter 1
(Living room TV)
MTN586419
MTN577099
Outdoor light
MTN573998
Channel 3
Channel 4
Channel 1
Channel
5
Group Shutter 2
(Living room)
Channel 6
Living room light 1
(sofa)
Living room light 2
(dinner table)
Living room light 3
(lights on outlets)
MTN570222
Kitchen light
Channel 2
Channel 7
Channel 3 can be used several times Channels
as the
9 & 10:
receivers are not in the same room Up & Down
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Wired dimmers
● Dimmers in control cabinet on DIN rail
L
● Principle:
● Push-button(s) give the information to the module.
The module controls the light.
● For all lights (all loads except FLC)
● Main advantage:
● Usually more powerful than wall-mounted products
● Can be controlled by many push-buttons in parallel
● Good for renovation and maintenance due to location
in the control cabinet
N
More info?
- Discover Merten International range
of Dimmers
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Basics of Dimming
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Radio-frequency control
R
● RF system
● Principle:
● An RF emitter and one (or more) RF receiver(s)
are associated
● Each receiver can be controlled by several
emitters
● Each emitter can control several receivers
E
● For all loads
● One or more receivers in the walls
● Main advantage:
●
●
●
●
Control of light through walls
Control of several light circuits
Control of scenes or scenarios
Wide range of receivers (mobile socket outlet,
receiver for ceiling, in walls)
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More info?
- Discover Unica RF
- Discover Connect RF on
TSG
- Understand Unica RF
(in-class)
- Understand Connect
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Intelligent home control
● System principle:
● Central programmable unit located in the control cabinet
● Several push-buttons and lights are connected to the
central unit
● Programming of function blocks to create the dimming
function
● For all loads (except FLC)
● For residential market or small offices
● Main advantage:
● Flexibility of programming
● Can manage many lights and other functions such as
shutters, heating, etc.
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More info?
- Discover IHC on
TSG
- Understand IHC
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Basics of Dimming
> Dimmers
KNX or LON field-bus
● System principle
● Intelligent components are connected together
(push-buttons, touch panels, output modules, etc.)
● A software tool is used to create the dimming function
● For all loads (except FLC)
● For medium to large size buildings (and high end
residential)
● Main advantage:
● Flexibility of programming
● Can manage many lights and other functions such as
shutters, heating, etc.
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More info?
- Discover our KNX training
modules
- Discover our Lon training
module
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Basics of Dimming
> Building - Fluorescent tube - Control ways
Connection to our KNX System through
our DALI Gateway
L
N
DALI bus
Push
Buttons
Dimmable Fluorescent
tubes
KNX Bus
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More info on buses?
- See our KNX and LON
courses
More info on DALI?
- See training module Basic
of Lights
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Basics of Dimming
> Building - Fluorescent tube - Control ways
Connection with our LON DALI Gateway
DALI
Gateway
LON
DALI
Power
3
DAL
I
2
DALI
Power
Supply
DALI
Controller
Other
Option
LON
DALI
max. 300m
DALI
Slaves
max.
64 EVG´s
More info on buses?
- See our KNX and LON
courses
More info on DALI?
- See training module Basic
of Lights
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Basics of Dimming
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- Select "Operating Divisions”
- Select "Europe”
- Select "Installation Systems & Control”
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Where to get more info?
On the left, you have several choices:
Communication tools
Catalogue
Training
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