Thank you all for your replies, I was envisioning having 5 resisters in series between the lamps. But I see now that would not even be the practicel way to go. I would still be dealing with the same heat and wasted power only differance would be I would now be dividing it among 5 resistors instead of one. Also, That would still require each of the 5 resisters to be 4.1 ohms / 35 watt size. I'll just use a transformer. I can get those for about $40 to $50 for a 200va
