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Richard,
This was what I had in mind: -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lucas-3R-Rhe ... Swy5Bau616
Expensive and you also need the knob but they are only a few pounds.
Glen.
They wont dim LEDs
Dave
Not without a resistor in parallel with the LEDs, which might have to be small and high wattage, and so negate the low power advantages of the LEDs.
But if it's not powering too many LEDs, what would be the problem with a standard pot as a potential divider with a padding resistor between it's low end and earth, so the bottom of the pot is near the threshold voltage of the LEDs. Might need a bit of experimentation with different values, but the pots are like 99p each on ebay.
If there are too many LEDs to drive through a normal pot, then it probably does need a current amplifier between the pot and the LEDs. One of the PWM voltage converter / small DC motor controllers looks like a good choice.
Graham