What do these LED driver symbols mean? How can they help make your LED install more reliable?

Understanding the symbols on an LED driver is the key to a safe and reliable led strip installation.
The symbols indicate if the LED driver can be used in ceiling voids or within the furniture. Learn about the importance of the Tc point and why the ENEC mark is more trusted than CE certification marks.

Gary weighs in with his knowledge of the double insulated symbol and the WEEE related crossed out wheeled bin symbol.

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Gordon Routledge - technology editor eFIXX

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[tristans]

Actually the "M"-symbol stands for German "Möbel" = furniture.
Single M means: "Lamp suitable for mounting in/on furniture made of normally or hardly inflammable material."
Double M means: "Lamp suitable for mounting in/on furniture made of materials of unknown fire behaviour."

[BalkarLightingLtd]

Every Information you have provided is valuable.... really all these young apperntices should spend on these type video than playing Games....

[sbmorrisk]

Can you do a video on the difference between constant current and constant voltage drivers and how to select the lighting setup for each, not many uk videos explaining that on YouTube 👍

[theeggman]

Are you going to do a video on LED driver selection as part of this series?

[Stuuuartyboy]

Quick question. Can a driver run happy enough with no load ?
For example - the driver connected directly to the mains and run the 12/24 v to a switch then to the strip

For areas like the bathrooms, where you could take a LV switch inside the bathroom zones ?
Or anther case a walk in wardrobe with individual door switches. So say 2 doors would take normally two switches two drivers and two strips. Could it be one transformer feeding the two switches which switch the two strips separate ? But the driver would always need to be powered on
Would it over heat ?
Would it wreck itself with no load ?
Some drivers I’ve hear pulsing with on load on them
My head tells me that it’s prob not a good job running a driver with no load.
It’ll will work but it’s not quite right

[Daniells]

Gaz, you nailed it. Gordon done alright too.

[speciallights-antonispoull]

EL means extra low and it is for voltage.

[laurapalmeri]

I would buy for replace my led driver, one with this parametres with 30 volts and 70watt . It s possible buy in your shop? Regards

[ystebadvonschlegel]

What does a triangle with an ‘F’ inside it mean?

[davekerikeri]

How do you know whether or not a driver is rated for installation under ceiling insulation? Is there a symbol to indicate that?

[GZQCArtwork]

I have a valid question:

What is the legislation on RF interference levels?
Some LED drivers, being switch mode, can wipe out a nearby AM Radio (including a neighbouring property). They can also emit interference right up to the gHz region, so will interfere with Wi-Fi systems, as well as HF.

Being a veteran Radio Amateur, this interference concerns me greatly. Good quality genuine power supplies, contain common mode chokes and blocking capacitors, the fake Chinese ones don't have this filtering.
David G1ZQC.

[haroon]

The constant camera cuts were giving me nausea!!! 🤢

[JohnThomas-lqqp]

Would be nice if they were made to label the power factor in every LED. Came across LED'S from cheating china that had very low power factor.

[Stuuuartyboy]

Quick question. Can a driver run happy enough with no load ?
For example - the driver connected directly to the mains and run the 12/24 v to a switch then to the strip

For areas like the bathrooms, where you could take a LV switch inside the bathroom zones ?
Or anther case a walk in wardrobe with individual door switches. So say 2 doors would take normally two switches two drivers and two strips. Could it be one transformer feeding the two switches which switch the two strips separate ? But the driver would always need to be powered on
Would it over heat ?
Would it wreck itself with no load ?
Some drivers I’ve hear pulsing with on load on them
My head tells me that it’s prob not a good job running a driver with no load.
It’ll will work but it’s not quite right