Fractional power lighting system

A lighting system comprising:

• a plurality of lamps configured to operate in an on mode and in an off mode, wherein the plurality of lamps comprise C×N lamps, wherein C is a number of channels greater than 2 and N is a number of lamps per channel greater than 2;
• a plurality of electronic switches, wherein each lamp is electrically coupled to a corresponding electronic switch;
• a power source configured to provide each lamp with an operating power comprising an operating current and an operating voltage, wherein the power source provides a light system operating power comprising a sum of the operating power provided to each lamp in a given time period;
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• a controller electrically coupled to the electronic switches, wherein the controller comprises timing circuitry to control an amount of time each lamp is in the on mode and an amount of time each lamp is in the off mode, wherein within a given time period, the amount of time each lamp is in the on mode is less than the amount of time each lamp is in the off mode, and wherein the frequency at which each lamp is in the on mode is at least 60 Hz.