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Default Light output of dimmed lamps

Mark Lloyd wrote:

You might be able to see something at a lower voltage, with a small
video camera that responds to infrared. Infrared is just below visible
light in frequency, and will be emitted by a filament that's not quite
hot enough to emit visible light.


Every black body above absolute zero emits visible light.

Nick