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 the light string interesting....
I've never actually bought parallel ones -- I've just seen them in the store. That's interesting about a missing bulb taking them all out. I guess it is designed to short out the voltage source when a bulb is removed (maybe the socket electrodes are just leaf-springs that come together when there is no bulb?). I wonder if that is for safety, or just a design flaw? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
