LED Drivers

An LED Driver (also known as a power supply or transformer) reduces the voltage of the AC mains supply to a lower DC voltage that is required to power LED controllers or LED strips. We have a range of 12V and 24V LED Drivers and we also stock a 36V LED driver for our special long-length LED 36V strips.

An LED driver can be either a "Constant Voltage" or a "Constant Current" driver. LED Technologies stock constant voltage LED drivers because our range of LED strips are all constant voltage products.

You cannot power a constant voltage LED strip with a constant current LED driver, this is because the LED strip requires the voltage to be consistent allowing the circuitry in the LED strip to control the correct current required by the LEDs. Constant Current LED strips require a driver that will allow the voltage to vary but will emit a constant current to power the LED strip.

The power of the driver required is determined by the amount of current your LED strip demands which converts to the wattage of the LED strip. We recommend that you choose a driver that is rated at the correct wattage to ensure the longevity of the driver and LED Strip that it is powering. An LED driver should be loaded at around 70 - 75% of the rating of the driver.

For example, a 100W driver should be loaded up to 75W, a 200W driver should be loaded up to 150W etc. This is flexible, and also when powering colour-changing LED strips, because you will not be setting all the colours up to full brightness for any length of time, the 75% rule can be increased a little.

This driver can be powered up to its maximum wattage, however, we do not recommend that this be done for more than short periods. Doing so will dramatically reduce the life of the driver.

Our constant voltage non-dimmable drivers are available in the following outputs:

12V LED Drivers: 30W, 60W, 100W, 150W & 200W
24V Drivers: 30W, 60W, 100W, 150W, 200W, 400W, 500W & 700W
36V Drivers: 300W

Note: Please ensure that you check which LED Lighting Strip you have before purchasing a driver. Make sure that the voltage of the driver matches the voltage of the LED strip you are powering and NEVER connect a higher voltage driver to a lower voltage LED strip. This can cause the LED strip to get extremely hot causing it to burn out and also create a fire hazard.

For further details and technical help, please contact our technical sales team by phone, email or WhatsApp and live chat on our website.