Many LED drivers have either an IP67, IP66 or IP65 ingress protection rating. This means that they are resistant to rain penetrating the outer surfaces of the LED driver and making contact with the internal components. However, there are a couple of …

Not all power supplies manufactured by MEAN WELL have Australian electrical safety approvals. This is one of the reasons why not every single model of MEAN WELL power supply is listed on the Power Supplies Australia website. In Australia power supplies …

There are two questions that we are often asked: What is meant by ‘Hiccup Mode’? How does a MEAN WELL power supply behave in an overload situation? As the two topics are closely related, we can answer both questions with this one blog post. Depending on …

As Power Supplies Australia mentioned in a previous blog post about MEAN WELL Power Supply’s Hiccup Mode , not all power supplies within the same series will have the same method of short circuit protection. One such example is the MEAN WELL HLG series …

The MEAN WELL LCM-DA2 LED drivers feature a push button dimming feature, as well as the DALI interface. This is very useful as it allows dimming without any other connections.   MEAN WELL LCM Series LED Driver   However, there is something you need to be …

When using the MEAN WELL LCM-DA / DA2 LED drivers in a Master/Slave configuration, all the slave units must be set to 100% output level. If this is not done all the lights will flash at a slow rate until the master unit’s dimming level is turned up above …

It is very rare that agood quality  LED driver  fails because of a manufacturing fault. In most cases the failure is caused by a problem with the installation, or there are some environmental factors at play. We were recently contacted by a customer, who …

LEDs should not be connected to a constant current LED driver in parallel. ​Constant current LED drivers are used to power LEDs that have no internal current regulation. When you connect multiple LEDs to a constant current LED driver in parallel, you run …

Many LED downlights have electronics integrated into their design, which regulates the current being supplied to the LEDs. This type of LED downlight requires a constant voltage type LED driver. Constant Voltage LED Drivers If you intend to use a dimmable …

The most common cause of flickering LED lights is a poorly matched LED power supply, otherwise known as a LED driver . LED lights either require a constant current LED driver or constant voltage LED driver. There is no hard and fast rule as to what type …