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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Yes it is a halogen floor stander, with 10 flexible arms each with a
halogen bulb at the end of it.


So from what you are saying I will actually have to change the internal
workings/power supply of the lamp, in order to get it to work and its
nothing to do with earth or a crap dimmer switch?


You need a dimmer stated to be suitable for 'low voltage lighting' use.


And you need a LV transformer that is 'suitable for being dimmed'

Any transformer can be 'dimmed'. Some SMPS not - or at least by a usable
amount.

Toroids can work..but electronic ones that are able to handel the
waveforms work too.

Since the OP didn't complain about the dimmer not actually dimming the
lamp I assumed it has a PS that can be dimmed. ;-)

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