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Article #21872Why do the rest stay on when one goes out?
From: Peter Amstein
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1989 02:06
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1989 02:06
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Those small Christmas lights that are quite common are (typically 35 or 50)
series connected low-voltage bulbs. They still claim that when one goes
out, the rest stay lit - and usually it works. Does anyone know how this
works? What's in each of those little bulbs that makes it conduct after
the filament goes? A resistor connected in parallel with the filament maybe?
Some elfen magic from Santa's workshop?
Peter Amstein
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!pixar!amstein From: amstein@pixar.UUCP (Peter Amstein) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Why do the rest stay on when one goes out? Message-ID: <8282@pixar.UUCP> Date: 23 Dec 89 02:06:54 GMT Reply-To: amstein@pixar.UUCP (Peter Amstein) Organization: Pixar -- Marin County, California Lines: 9