At 08:29 AM 6/27/03 -0500, Horn, John wrote:
> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Well... it depends on if the stones are standing upright or
> not, I guess. :)
Why? Did they have too much to drink at the Solstice Party?
No, it's just that the Stones are so old and wasted that they
> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Well... it depends on if the stones are standing upright or
> not, I guess. :)
Why? Did they have too much to drink at the Solstice Party?
(Couldn't resist.)
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Erik Reuter wrote:
Another interesting question. I can't think of any quick way to check
if your 240V bulbs are the same as our 120V ones. I assume yours look
like the picture of the 2.5V mini-bulbs in the link?
Even the packaging looks identical - they would all come out of the same
factory in
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:12
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:12:06PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> Have you seen the "rice" lights? Exquisite!
I don't think so, unless there is another name for them. What the heck
is a "rice" light?
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:31:27PM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote:
> Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> >By the way, that shunt is interesting. How do you suppose burning a
> >coating off of a wire actually DECREASES the resistance? The only
> >explanation I can come up with is that the coating insulates the wi
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> Incidentally, on the next page of
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 09:18:35PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> During our back and forth challenges I hit upon something close to the
> mark.
Yes, you did. :-)
The main reason I was skeptical was that for the first few messages
you seemed to completely ignore several things that had been wr
Incidentally, on the next page of the link that you found,
http://home.howstuffworks.com/christmas-lights3.htm
"The more sophisticated light sets now come with 16-function
controllers that can run the lights in all sorts of interesting
patterns. In these systems, you typically find a cont
Erik Reuter wrote:
By the way, that shunt is interesting. How do you suppose burning a
coating off of a wire actually DECREASES the resistance? The only
explanation I can come up with is that the coating insulates the wire
and keeps it hot, and a hot wire has a higher resistance.
I was assuming th
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 08:13
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:57
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 08:13:52PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> http://home.howstuffworks.com/christmas-lights2.htm
>
> Look for the picture with the shunt wire in the lamp.
Thanks for posting that link. Looks like you called it right. It is
good to know how things work! But I'm still going t
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:57:00PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> Sure Erik, but Christmas lights are AC and why would anyone use
That is absurd. Lights (i.e., incandescent light bulbs) are not AC. They
are resistive filaments. They will work DC or AC.
> an expensive (relatively) powersupply t
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> The reason I ask is that Rob
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:25
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:56:16PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
> Which is what Christmas lights cost. I've obtained 100 light strings
> for about $3-$4 retail. So, whatever goes into Christmas lights
> really has to be cheap and cheerful.
The parallel ones I've seen cost about double that.
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:25
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:25:06PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> But what manufacturer is going to go to such expense for an item such
> as "christmas lights" which have little use the rest of the year.
> (hence the occams razor comment)
These things are available as a single chip solid-state
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:20:12PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> Thinking further..the easy way to tell would be to look at each
> individual socket. If it is parallel, you will have 4 wires at each socket.
> hot in
> hot out
> neutral in
> neutral out
>
> or perhaps there is an inline tap
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:04
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> The reason I ask is that Rob
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:04:06PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> Like setting your house on fire, eh Erik?
Have you ever tried shorting out the smart DC transformers that come
with things like notebook computers? They don't set on fire, they don't
even get hot. There is a circuit inside that d
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> Incidentally, I've definite
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:42:20PM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 06:29:39PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
> > 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
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 06:29
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 t
Robert Seeberger wrote:
> Do the lamps plug in or screw in?
The bulbs plug in to the socket on the string.
Julia
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Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
> > Nah.its for convenience. It is just a basic series parallel
> > circuit, so you would get 120V if you got
>
> Huh? "series parallel circuit"?
>
> I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> Nah.its for convenience. It is just a basic series parallel
> circuit, so you would get 120V if you got
Huh? "series parallel circuit"?
I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing. Julia said hers were
wired in paralle
Robert Seeberger wrote:
> BTW...if your Christmas lights burn out *during* the Christmas season,
> it means that Jesus doesn't love you anymore.
>
>
> xponent
> The Beginning Of A New Urban Legend Maru
> rob
Yes, but does he love me any less? :)
And which Jesus, anyway? I mean, I've neve
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> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
>
At 07:03 AM 6/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 10:34:43PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > All of the ones we've owned since we got married (and we got some
> > in 1991) were wired in parallel. But if you pull a bulb *out*, all
> > of them go off. Which c
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 10:34:43PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > All of the ones we've owned since we got married (and we got some
> > in 1991) were wired in parallel. But if you pull a bulb *out*, all
> > of them go off. Which can make decorating the tree with Star
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 10:34:43PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
> All of the ones we've owned since we got married (and we got some
> in 1991) were wired in parallel. But if you pull a bulb *out*, all
> of them go off. Which can make decorating the tree with Star Trek
> starships that plug into
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> >From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Date: We
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> Wait, if one bulb goes out, they all go out, no? How'd th
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:19:24 -0400
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:11:41PM -0400,
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:46:25 -0700 (PDT)
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTE
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:11:41PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> Wait, if one bulb goes out, they all go out, no? How'd they do that?
> Aren't those things linear circuits?
You mean "wired in series". The cheapest ones are, and all of the older
ones I've seen. But in the past 5-10 years I've notic
In a message dated 6/25/2003 2:47:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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> They do have Solstice Parties, and they own LofR on
> DVD; his wife (a fellow equestrienne, who in fact
> introduced me to Darby and the neighborhood 'horsey
> set') and I have organized Winter S
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Deborah Harrell wrote:
> >>--- Reggie Bautista wrote:
> >> > On the other hand... I have a tee shirt that
> has a picture of Stonehenge and
> >> > says, "Orthodox Druid" on it
> >>I gave a similar s
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:27:26 -0500
At 12:01 PM 6/25/03 -0700, Deb
At 12:01 PM 6/25/03 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the other hand... I have a tee shirt that has a
> picture of Stonehenge and
> says, "Orthodox Druid" on it. I like the shirt
> because it's a joke -- there
> is no such thing as orthodoxy among d
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