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No, a light bulb rated to work in a 120 volt lamp will not work properly in a 12 or 24 volt low volt lighting fixture. I don't believe it will harm the fixture. If you did get a 120 volt light bulb to fit into a low voltage light it would probably just be dim.
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∙ 9y agoNo. Most low voltage landscape bulbs are 20 watts. This means the current is 20/12 = 1.67 amps. The resistance of the low voltage bulb is then 12/1.67 = 7.18 ohms. If you had a 120 volt 20 watt bulb its amperage would be .167 amps and a resistance of 718 ohms. Therefore, if you calculate the current needed in the 12 volt circuit you would have 12/718 = .016 amps drawn. This would be to little a current to heat the filament to give off useful light.
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A lamp will only operate at its rated power at its rated voltage. If you reduce the voltage, then the power will reduce, too. But the percentage by which the power falls is significantly higher than the percentage by which the voltage drops.
So if you connect, say, a 100-W, 120-V, lamp to a 12-V power supply, then the lamp will be VERY dim.
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∙ 9y agoYes but at the reduced voltage the lamp will look a bit dim.
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