I’m learning a lot about lights and dimmers. I am building a light box for a stained glass window and require a 2 x 4’ panel light and dimmer.
Initially I found one on Home Depot’s website, a Lithonia panel that was sold matched with a Lutron DIVA+ dimmer.
Unfortunately, their shipping schedule didn’t match with my needs, so I ordered what I thought was the same set from Lowe’s. When it arrived, the dimmer did not work with the light – it made it “strobe” (flash full on and off).
Upon investigation, I’m finding that some LED panel lights are 120 dimmable and some are 1-10 volt dimmable, and it seems I bought a 1-10 volt light and tried to use it with a 120 V dimmer.
Assuming I have the problem correctly diagnosed, how do I decide whether to get a new light (120 volt dimmable) to use with the dimmer that I have, or should I buy a DVSTV dimmer to go with the light panel?
Is there an advantage of one pair over the other?