Older Loox4 LED Power Drivers

The Loox LED lighting system has 12 volt and 24 volt systems. This is our OLD page that did show what remained of the old Loox4 version LED drivers. Loox4 drivers had the 6 light ports built into them. All Loox4 version drivers are now sold out.

Thus, go to these two pages for the current Loox5 LED Power Drivers:
12 volt Loox 5 LED power drivers
24 volt Loox 5 LED power drivers

The OLDER Loox 12 volt LED drivers had orange ports, and the 24 volt drivers had light green ports. All Loox4 LED spotlights have attached lead wires with couplers on the ends. These couplers are color coded too, orange and light green for the lights that we have been familiar with. So if they are orange, you know you have 12 volt lights. And if they are light green, then you have 24 volt lights. Loox4 Extension cables and terminal block extenders are color coded the same way.

Dimmer switches are shown on a separate web page are not 12V or 24V sensitive. They work with both voltage systems.

Hafele Loox LED lighting has progressed. Loox5 is their newest addition of powering accessories and lots of new lights, in which we will add many to our website as time permits. The new drivers are rated for a 70,000 hour lifespan. What does that mean? There are 8760 hours in a year. If you turn on the new driver and leave it on 24/7, that would be 8 years. If you have your lights on only 8 hours a day, that is about a 24 year driver lifespan. If you do not use your lights but for a few hours a day, they can last 30 years or more.

The Loox5 drivers work with a connectable distributor. What the distributor does is give you the ports to connect your lights into. Some distributors have a built in switch port. You will use those when you are planning on dimming your lights. There are distributor choices also with older connection ports and newer Loox5 connection ports. Much much more is explained on those two web pages.

We did show them on this page until the Loox5 LED power drivers came out. So we moved them onto their own page. See the Loox4 Terminal Block Extenders and Extension Cables web page. And now also, the new Loox5 Terminal Block and Extension Cables.

We added an article on how and when to use the terminal block extenders. Added during the Loox4 era, but pertains to Loox5 also. Just note any links on it would revert to Loox4 selections.

When selecting the proper driver(s) for your application, you need to know the plan for your lights. We like using the word 'zones' to imply groups of lights that are set up in multiple locations. If you have just 3 under cabinet lights and all 3 are controlled together, that is just one zone. But if you have 3 to the right of a range hood, and 4 on the other side of a range hood, that might have to be 2 zones. Why we say this is because sometimes you cannot run your light wires or extension wires past a range hood, microwave, window, or island cabinets. So if you cannot wire all 7 of those lights in this case to one location, you would break them up into 2 zones. The zones can still be controlled together if you household wiring was set up to do so, or they can be controlled separately.

Sometimes customers will have a group of lights inside glass front cabinets. And then a bank of lights below the cabinets. The lights in the cabinets are for accent. The lights under the cabinets are work lights to make the countertop glow, or also for accent. Not everyone wants them all on at once. So you would set up zones to please your need and to provide different types of lighting at different times of the day.

So if you have a long L-shaped kitchen and are placing approx. 10 to 15 lights in your L-shape, ten of a 3-watt LED light can operate on one 40 watt driver if you want all 10 to switch on and off or dim together. If you had about 15 lights at 3 watts each, that is 45 watts and you would need to use the 60 or 90 watt drivers, or multiple drivers of the lower capacity. How you set it up is up to you and how your power supplies (outlets) are positioned. Some kitchens will have multiple outlets wired to one wall switch. And most older kitchens may have just one outlet wired to a wall switch. Good to plan it all out in advance and then order the correct size and number of LED power drivers needed.

Right now you are in the Hafele Loox LED Lighting section of our website. Immediately below you will see links to the Hafele pages for quick access to bounce around. The orange menu button toward the top of the page is section sensitive. It has links to the Hafele pages. When in other sections, it will have links to pages in those sections. With Hafele Loox LED Lighting, you will need to look at multiple pages. Your light selections, LED power drivers, possibly the dimmers page, and maybe terminal block extenders. These navigation aids will help you get back and forth.