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On 07/11/2016 15:45, David wrote:
On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 3:34:16 PM UTC, Brian Gaff wrote:
Well one thought occurred to me. Hide a patress box with a dimmer in it
above the lighting itself, adjust to suit and leave it on and set, using the
normal switch for the on and off.


Arrgghh - too late. Loft insulated and boarded...


Include a single rectifier diode in the switched live. That will run the
filament lamps half wave rectified - much lower brightness.


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