Linear methods have a great waste of energy as heating, So PWM may be better
in this case.

As mike said, using a bipolar transistor isn't a good idea at all. Try a
mosfet.

Other thing to care about is that incandescent lamps are not linear light
sources. Reducing the current to 1/2 from the nominal value will almost null
the brightness.

Lucas Hartmann

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