On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 06:29:39PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: > Your house is wired in parallel. Does removing one lightbulb in your > house make them all go out? No, of course not. That tells me that > there is something more complex going on with these lights.
I guess you missed my post this morning where I mentioned this? > Removing a single lamp would not take down every lamp in a parallel > circuit. Are you reading anything I wrote? I already suggested that the electrodes may short out the transformer, thus bringing it down. Ever have a conversation with someone where you say something like, hello, my name is Erik. And the person says, pleased to meet you, my name is Rob, what is your name? > Do the lamps plug in or screw in? If they plug in they likely have > a built in shunt resistor to provide continuity. Plug in, as Julia described. And your hypothesis is disproved by the data already presented. Any old thing, such as an enterprise light, can do the job. > If removing one lamp kills the entire string, it is a series circuit. Nope. A burned out bulb does NOT kill the entire string. It is NOT series. > UH........is there a reset button on this light string? One would be > required if it worked the way you describe. (And that might possible > be GFCI protection.) That would be one way to do it. But you can also make a "smart" power supply/transformer that would automatically reset itself. > xponent Your Electrician Maru rob I think I need a new electrician. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
