Originally Posted by
SparkyCoog
I was wondering whether there is any way to limit In-Rush current of LEDs by increasing or decreasing the ramp time. In particular if you have LED MR-16 bulbs on a magnetic transformer. With halogen bulbs on MLV, I was told that it was better to have a 2-3 second ramp time to avoid tripping breakers and overall put less pressure on dimmers or RPMs, but I haven't heard anything about LEDs on MLV or LEDs in general. In other words, would having a 5 second ramp time produce less in-rush current than 0 seconds? What if it was just a switch and not a dimmer at all? Would that help?