Originally Posted By: Dignan
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Originally Posted By: K447
All LED dimming is done at the 12 volt DC level, using PWM power slicing to control the brightness.

From what I've seen, there are dimmable strips that operate at 24V and are very bright.
There are 24 volt LED strips, they seem to be less popular and mostly used where extreme brightness is required, or perhaps very long runs of lighting. I have not looked at how they compare cost wise, in terms of lumens per dollar, per foot.

I find that most times the lighting I install uses strip lengths much shorter than the 5 meter length of one 12 volt LED tape spool. Running thin low voltage wiring between segments and back to the power source/controller, even when daisy chaining segments it rarely gets anywhere near 5 meters total LED length in any single combined run.

When using 24 volt LED strips the power supply must also match that 24 volts, as must the controller.