Using RGBW module to control kitchen plinth lighting

[manzaboy 0]

Hi, Thanks in advance as I am a Fibaro newbie. 

 

I am looking at my kitchen plinth lighting and have a few questions.

The kitchen has 3 zones; an L-shaped stretch, an island and a single bank of units.

All are wired individually and go back to a single switch.

So I need to get 3 sets of LED strip lighting for the plinths to go across each area and speaking to my electrician I need 3 drivers for each LED strip.

A few questions;

 

1) My understanding is that as the Fibaro RGBW unit goes between the driver and the LED strip I will also need 3 fibaro modules?

 

2) If I want to just install white LED rather than coloured could I use single retractive switch with a Fibaro Dimmer 2 and dim the white or would that not work because I will be dimming the power to the 12v driver? 

 

Any advice from anyone who has done something similar would be appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Manzaboy

 

 

 

 

[akatar 208]

@manzaboy with a fibaro rgbw you can use:

1 rgbw strip

or

1 rgb and 1 white strip

or

4 white strips

you don't need a dimmer, rgbw can dim all channels with 4 x white strips you can all dim them seperartly

Edited November 27, 2018 by akatar

[manzaboy 0]

52 minutes ago, akatar said:

@manzaboy with a fibaro rgbw you can use:

1 rgbw strip

or

1 rgb and 1 white strip

or

4 white strips

you don't need a dimmer, rgbw can dim all channels with 4 x white strips you can all dim them seperartly

 

That's interesting @akatar

However don't I need to put the fibaro RGBW module between the driver and the LED strip? Therefore because the strips are in different physical locations that will make that impossible? 

Edited November 27, 2018 by manzaboy
Wrong word

[Jamie mccrostie 82]

4 hours ago, manzaboy said:

 

That's interesting @akatar

However don't I need to put the fibaro RGBW module between the driver and the LED strip? Therefore because the strips are in different physical locations that will make that impossible? 

If you just want white strips you can get a dimmable led driver or drivers and use a single dimmer 2.to control them.