>         I can see that perhaps since the lamp is a bit warmer at this
> time (how much does lamp resistance really vary through a half cycle?

Lamp resistance is relatively constant when any light at all is being
produced. The big change comes from zero to "just barely glowing".

Cheers,

Bob Blick

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