writes:

The biggest savings might be prolonging the light bulb life, if you
always dial up the light so that you have eliminated the cold filament
inrush current that occurs when you have the light on a regular switch.

Please let's ont start a thread on this - again...

The slow inrush has only a very small effect on lamp life.

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