ELECTRICIANS, How Do I Wire LED Flood Lamps?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Correct.

You can wire them all individually so you have three plugs to plug into three sockets... or you can get a junction box and connect all 3 together so you only have 1 plug.
You can also optionally wire them into an on/off switch each, or one on the plug lead to the junction box.
 
Thanks a lot for all the advice! I think for now I will just keep it simple and wire them individually and connect them to a separate power strip. Now I have to decide how many watts/lamps I need and if
I want to go all bright white or mix in some of the more yellow lights. Tank is 72x30x24".
 
If you decide to attempt to make them dimmable in the future I'd check, because I'm pretty sure not all LEDs are dimmable. I would suggest with your limited knowledge on wiring to use the AC lights, put a plug on each one, and plug into a power strip as you're planning. The added advantage of doing it that way is if you have trouble with one you can unplug it and replace it or attempt to repair it without disturbing the wiring for the others.
 
aaronb said:
If you decide to attempt to make them dimmable in the future I'd check, because I'm pretty sure not all LEDs are dimmable. I would suggest with your limited knowledge on wiring to use the AC lights, put a plug on each one, and plug into a power strip as you're planning. The added advantage of doing it that way is if you have trouble with one you can unplug it and replace it or attempt to repair it without disturbing the wiring for the others.
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I concur. The only leds I've installed that were dimmable came with special controllers to handle the dimming functions.
 
Easy is pie. Not sure if you saw every page in Arttyfish's thread, but he shows a pic of how to wire them. They aren't your standard black/white/green colors of household wiring:

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My advice, bite the bullet and get an actual electrician to do it for you.

I would think shorted out wires can cause a big fire.

Personally when it comes to tradework things I prefer to hire someone to do the job rather than try to do it myself. That way if there is an issue I can go to them to fix it for not doing it right in the first place.
 
And dimming won't work. You'd have to hook up a driver that's capable of being dimmed. And that involved ripping the LED apart and redoing the whole thing.
 
chefjamesscott said:
My advice, bite the bullet and get an actual electrician to do it for you.
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Not for this job!!! This is literally taking a bare extension cord and hooking up 3 wires. You can't go wrong, unless you plug the damn thing and put the bare wires in your butt.
 
just get a sparky to do it.
saves you F....in it up and killing someone.
there is a reason electricains do a 4 yr apprenticeship.......
oh yeh thats it - you cant smell, see, or hear electricity which makes it very dangerous when you dont know what your doing.
oh and the fact its also illegal (over here it is) to work on anything higher than 50v AC unless you have an electrical licence.
but hey if you stuff it up and burn your house down, the insurance companys wont pay out either.

AS for dimming you should need a leading edge dimmer for the LEDs.

sorry to sound like a wanker/tool but i work in the electrical industry and have seen many guys killed or badly injured due to dodgy work, safety in our trade is something that should never be overlooked.

Cav
 
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