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Use a dimmer switch or even easier squint your eyes.

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Watt level, which is determined by voltage and amperage.

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Usually we call that device by the name DIMMER. This has an arrangement to change the value of resistance by rotating the knob.

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By somehow changing the voltage across the lamp, for example with a rheostat (variable resistance), or a variable voltage divider.

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