On Tuesday, 8 November 2016 20:43:13 UTC, Dave W wrote:

I wonder if a 12V 5W car bulb could be put in series with the lot, hopefully
dropping less than a safe 13V to run the 6 bulbs by that much less? The bulb
could be mounted to look like it's part of the fixture.

14v 6w = 0.43A. At 240v that's 103w, so your chandelier consumption needs to be 100w or less.

Another idea would be to use a mains to 12V transformer (rated 6W or more),
with its secondary connected in antiphase to the primary live, and your
lamps connected between the free ends of primary and secondary so that they
get 12V less than full mains.

I've used that trick before to get 3 brightness settings, boost, cut, 240v. Use a 20v transformer. ISTR lamp life dropped to around 300hrs on boost, reducing TCO some, but lamps cost more now thanks to the government's meddling.


NT