I am trying to repair an old chandelier. It has two 120 volt AC circuits, one simply powers a medium base socket. The other powers a ring of 12 christmas mini lights (incandescent). These are wired to stick out of the top of 12 glass "candlesticks". both circuits are on dimmer switches. The owner of the chandelier was having trouble with the christmas lights blowing out, sometimes even if the dimmer was turned up just a bit. I'm trying to make them be stable , at least with the dimmer on low. They were originally wired in series. The guy at a light bulb shop told me to wire them in parallel. I did this using 18 gauge wire. But now they blow out even easier. I tested the circuit with a continuity tester and it checks out fine. Any suggestions on how to make this work? I'm just a lamp repair guy. Perhaps this isn't the right forum for this question but I thought I'd give it a try.
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