Lighting apparatus comprising: at least one LED lighting element (3, 4); a control unit; a switching converter, having a supply input, connectable to a supply line for receiving an input supply voltage (V A), and an output for supplying the LED lighting element (3, 4); a feedback circuit (8; 108), connected between a cathode terminal of the LED lighting element (3, 4) and a constant potential line and co-operating with the switching converter for determining a LED current (I L) through the LED lighting element (3, 4); wherein the feedback circuit (8; 108) has a first impedance (R 1) in a first state, to which a non-zero first regulation value (I L1) of the LED current (I L) corresponds, and a second impedance in a second state, to which a non-zero second regulation value (I L2) of the LED current (I L) corresponds, and wherein the control unit is configured to cyclically switch the feedback circuit between the first state and the second state with a controllable duty-cycle; wherein the feedback circuit (8; 108) comprises a first resistor (20; 120), a second resistor (21; 121), and a first switch (22; 122), separate from the first resistor (20; 120) and from the second resistor (21; 121) and controlled by the control unit to exclude the second resistor (21; 121) selectively in one of the first state and the second state, characterized in that - the first resistor (20; 120) is connected or connectable between a cathode terminal of the LED lighting element (3, 4) and the constant potential line, and - the second resistor (21; 121) is connectable to the constant potential line. at least one LED lighting element (3, 4); a control unit; a switching converter, having a supply input, connectable to a supply line for receiving an input supply voltage (V A), and an output for supplying the LED lighting element (3, 4); a feedback circuit (8; 108), connected between a cathode terminal of the LED lighting element (3, 4) and a constant potential line and co-operating with the switching converter for determining a LED current (I L) through the LED lighting element (3, 4); wherein the feedback circuit (8; 108) has a first impedance (R 1) in a first state, to which a non-zero first regulation value (I L1) of the LED current (I L) corresponds, and a second impedance in a second state, to which a non-zero second regulation value (I L2) of the LED current (I L) corresponds, and wherein the control unit is configured to cyclically switch the feedback circuit between the first state and the second state with a controllable duty-cycle; wherein the feedback circuit (8; 108) comprises a first resistor (20; 120), a second resistor (21; 121), and a first switch (22; 122), separate from the first resistor (20; 120) and from the second resistor (21; 121) and controlled by the control unit to exclude the second resistor (21; 121) selectively in one of the first state and the second state, characterized in that - the first resistor (20; 120) is connected or connectable between a cathode terminal of the LED lighting element (3, 4) and the constant potential line, and - the second resistor (21; 121) is connectable to the constant potential line. - the first resistor (20; 120) is connected or connectable between a cathode terminal of the LED lighting element (3, 4) and the constant potential line, and - the second resistor (21; 121) is connectable to the constant potential line.