0-10v Dimmer - Electrical Question

I am swapping out some overhead lighting in my house and I see some LED flat panels calling out 0-10v dimmers to be installed. I am accustomed to wiring with a black, white, and ground. The 0-10v dimmers have other colored wiring to utilize. Are those additional wires just for connection from the switch to the light, or is there low voltage wiring that gets installed from the breaker to the switch, then from the switch to the light?

 

Just from the switch to the light.

The dimmer/controller converts ac to dc and sends a control signal to the driver in the fixture.

 

I appreciate your know-how!

 

I'm a little late so you probably got it, but a 0-10v dimmer takes another set of wires, usually 16awg pink and purple, from the switch to the LED driver. You usually just see them in commercial settings. They take special 0-10v switches.

 

I installed 3 2x4 light panels in my basement which is finished, and they are dimmable with 0-10v dimmers. Was not fully understanding the wiring layout, makes sense now.

 

You can also control 0-10v dimming via wireless dimming module that would mount into the junction box on the back of your led panels and a compatible wireless switch. The switch leg in your ceiling box would tie into the line side of this module giving it power. It will have a load side (2 wires) that will tie into 120v wires going into your panel light. Then it will also have the low voltage
0-10v dimming wires (purple and Pink) that will tie into the dimming wires of same color going into your light panel. Some led drivers won’t dim using a 120v dimmer switch which is why they have the 0-10v dimming. If you used a surface mount trim kit for your panel lights it should give you about 1” between the ceiling and the back of your panel light giving room for the module to mount into the metal junction box on the back of the panel light. All the wires will be made up inside that metal junction box. Usually this type of light is installed in a grid ceiling in a commercial setting and you have all the room in the world to run your wires and add additional wires if needed. Unfortunately if it is a finished ceiling and you don’t have the ability to run a low volt 2 wire conductor (16-2 purple & pink) between each light you will have to install a wireless module in each light and find a switch that can be programmed to control or be “paired” to multiple dimming modules. Lutron and Leviton both have some pretty cool wireless lighting capabilities, some can even be controlled with an app on your phone. Here is an example of the wireless dimming module. Hope this makes sense and helps!
https://www.superbrightleds.com/vea...c+for_bundles-Dimming~Module~with~Wall~Switch