Stupid dimmer question….been years since I built my lights

Hey guys, this is probably a stupid question, but here goes. I built my lights years ago during the cob movement. I have Cree cxb3590’s with meanwell hlg350-1050b drivers. 8 cobs per driver basically run at close to max efficiency.…at least that was my intention 5 plus years ago. Anyway I bought some dimmers from Amazon and when I hook them up the lights don’t work at all. Remover the dimmer, back to full power. The dimmers had good reviews and came with a wiring diagram specifically noting hog drivers. I suppose I could have reversed the wires, but I’ve been out of the led game for a minute, and was relieved they even came back on after removing the dimmers. What am missing, or did I just buy junk dimmers?

Are you using a cased potentiometer or something programmable ?

This is it right here.

maybe I bought the wrong thing, the reviews were good. Now the description says may turn light off which is what happens with my lights. Open to suggestions preferably something available on Amazon, quick and easy.

It could be junk. It shouldn't turn off unless it's turned down to zero. The red wire on the dimmer should connect to the blue lead on the driver but I'd try both ways, nothing to loose. I use both the 0-10v dimmer linked by Isawthelight and also a 100k linear potentiometer. And I always keep a spare on hand.

Here's a good quality pot.

I have a dimmer very similar to that for my HLG-B driver and it works. It only dims down to about 50% though. So I get a 50%-100% range. Make sure you hooked dim- (usually grey wire on the driver) to black on the dimmer and dim+ (usually purple on driver) to red on the dimmer.

It is also possible the dimmer is faulty due to being cheap Chinese junk. I recommend using WAGO clips too, don't try to twist the wires together.

For reference, this is the one I bought: