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Bob Engelhardt Bob Engelhardt is offline
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Default Reducing power of halogen lamps

Jim Wilkins wrote:

There's an old parlor trick with two switches and two bulbs wired in a
series loop where each switch controls a bulb independently.


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No one ever notices that the bulbs aren't at full brightness.

I don't have a photo of mine, I took it apart because it is so
dangerous.


Cute. You could power it with a 24v transformer & use 12v bulbs, for
full brightness and a safe circuit.

Bob