MicroEdge™ HLB Ultra-thin Downlight HALO Dimming Guide and Step-down Transformer Application Note The MicroEdge HLB LED series provides continuous dimming with reverse or forward phase cut dimmers.
HLB3 / HLB3S - Dedicated Compatible Dimmers Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time <1s 1 Eaton Smart AAL06 1 21 1% 96% Eaton Devine TAL06P 1 21 1% 98% <1s Eaton Toggle DAL06P 1 21 5% 99% <1s Eaton Skye SAL06P 1 21 4% 99% <1s 1 Eaton Skye SLC03P 1 21 2% 97% <1s Eaton Devine DLC03P 1 21 1% 97% <1s Eaton
HLB3 / HLB3S - Dedicated For Reference Only Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Leviton SureSlide 6674 1 10 3% 97% <1s 1 Leviton SureSlide 6631-2 1 43 1% 97% <1s 1 Leviton Illumatech IPL06 1 10 3% 96% <1s Leviton Vizia VPI06 1 43 3% 98% <1s Leviton Decora 6161 1 36 12% 96% <1s Lutron Toggler TG-600P 1 4
HLB4 / HLB4S - Dedicated Compatible Dimmers Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Eaton Smart AAL06 1 22 2% 98% <1s Eaton Devine TAL06P 1 22 2% 98% <1s Eaton Toggle DAL06P 1 22 2% 99% <1s Eaton Skye SAL06P 1 22 2% 99% <1s Eaton Skye SLC03P 1 22 3% 97% <1s Eaton Devine DLC03P 1 22 2% 98% <1s Eaton Sma
HLB4 / HLB4S - Dedicated For Reference Only Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Leviton Decora 6673 1 45 12% 97% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6674 1 11 1% 98% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6631-2 1 45 0% 98% N.A.
HLB4 - SeleCCTable colors Compatible Dimmers Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Eaton Devine TAL06P 1 20 5% 100% <1s Eaton Toggle DAL06P 1 20 5% 100% <1s Eaton Skye SAL06P 1 20 5% 100% <1s Eaton Skye SLC03P 1 20 5% 100% <1s Eaton Devine DLC03P 1 20 5% 100% <1s Eaton Smart AAL06 1 20 5% 100% <1s Ea
HLB4 - SeleCCTable colors For Reference Only Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Leviton Decora 6673 1 40 9% 99% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6674 1 10 2% 100% <1s N.A.
HLB4S - SeleCCTable colors Compatible Dimmers Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Eaton Smart AAL06 1 22 4% 98% <1s Eaton Devine TAL06P 1 22 1% 99% <1s Eaton Toggle DAL06P 1 22 2% 99% <1s Eaton Skye SAL06P 1 22 1% 98% <1s Eaton Skye SLC03P 1 22 2% 97% <1s Eaton Devine DLC03P 1 22 1% 98% <1s Eaton
HLB4S - SeleCCTable colors For Reference Only Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Leviton Decora 6673 1 45 12% 96% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6674 1 11 1% 97% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6631-2 1 45 0% 97% N.A.
HLB6 / HLB6S - Dedicated Compatible Dimmers Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Eaton Smart AAL06 1 17 3% 97% <1s Eaton Devine TAL06P 1 17 4% 98% <1s Eaton Toggle DAL06P 1 17 2% 98% <1s Eaton Skye SAL06P 1 17 3% 99% <1s Eaton Skye SLC03P 1 17 3% 97% <1s Eaton Devine DLC03P 1 17 2% 97% <1s Eaton Sma
HLB6 / HLB6S - Dedicated For Reference Only Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Leviton Decora 6673 1 34 10% 96% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6674 1 8 1% 97% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6631-2 1 34 0% 97% N.A.
HLB6 - SeleCCTable colors Compatible Dimmers Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Eaton Devine TAL06P 1 15 5% 100% <1s Eaton Toggle DAL06P 1 15 5% 100% <1s Eaton Skye SAL06P 1 15 5% 100% <1s Eaton Skye SLC03P 1 15 5% 100% <1s Eaton Devine DLC03P 1 15 5% 100% <1s Eaton Smart AAL06 1 15 5% 100% <1s Ea
HLB6 - SeleCCTable colors For Reference Only Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Leviton Decora 6673 1 30 9% 100% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6674 1 7 5% 100% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6631-2 2 30 0% 100% N.A.
HLB6S - SeleCCTable colors Compatible Dimmers Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Eaton Smart AAL06 1 16 2% 97% <1s Eaton Devine TAL06P 1 16 2% 98% <1s Eaton Toggle DAL06P 1 16 1% 98% <1s Eaton Skye SAL06P 1 16 2% 98% <1s Eaton Skye SLC03P 1 16 2% 97% <1s Eaton Devine DLC03P 1 16 1% 98% <1s Eaton
HLB6S - SeleCCTable colors For Reference Only Dimmer Make Dimmer Model # Dimmer Series Minimum Luminaires (per circuit) Maximum Recommended Luminaires (per circuit) Min Dimming percentage (%) Max Dimming percentage (%) Low End Start Time Leviton Decora 6673 1 33 9% 95% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6674 1 8 0% 97% <1s Leviton SureSlide 6631-2 1 33 0% 98% N.A.
Dimmer Notes: 1) Start time is measured at the lowest dimmer setting. 2) Some LED dimmers have a "rapid start" design used to provide a momentary power boost to LED and CFL lamps during start-up. When a LED luminaire is on a dimmer with "rapid start" the boost may cause a momentary flash of the LED lighting. This "flash" is generated by the dimmer, and may be more noticeable when the dimmer is at a low setting.
Application Note - H277, H347 and H347200 step-down transformers are qualified to drive multiple Halo LED on a single circuit in Non-IC construction. Installation of these transformers with individual LED fixtures on circuits with multiple LED loads is not recommended. This is not recommended due to resulting multiple inductive currents pulled by each transformer; in this situation the majority of the power would then be reactive (VARS) and not real (WATTS).
Transformer with Dimmer/Switch on 120V Secondary 120V Dimmer or Switch Hot Transformer 277V (347V) Hot 120V Neutral LED LED LED Neutral Ground Dimmer Neutral Connection typical with some Dimmers Transformer with Switch on 277V Primary Switch* Transformer Hot Hot 120V 277V Neutral LED LED LED LED LED LED Neutral Ground *Use of a dimmer ahead of the transformer is not recommended Transformer with Switch on 347V Primary 347V Switch* Transformer Hot Hot 120V 347V Neutral Neutral Groun