no, the lower wattage used by the light is used by the dimmer [as waste heat] - need to use lower wattage bulbs to save power, which automotively speaking happens by having 2 elements in the headlights, one high wattage, one low wattage wink

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
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