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> For halogen and incandescent, we use PWM,

Must be fancy cars then. All I've ever owned used relays to switch the lights, just straight 12v onto it no pwm whatsoever.



That used to be the case, of course.

We PWM those now because the PWM drivers are there anyhow, and with a filament, it’s still lit and bright during the off pulses. It’s cooling, but you really can’t detect it.




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