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australia LED downlights dimming

markjgabb last edited by

hi everyone
im trying to work out how/if what i want to do is possible

i have a heap of 12v LED downlights on 240v transformers in my roof
usually a group of 2-6 per switch....
i would like to know if the trailing edge dimmers can be used in this scenario
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