Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    alt.energy.homepower    |    Electrical part of living of the grid    |    2,576 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 1,338 of 2,576    |
|    Bob F to Winston    |
|    Re: Todays Puzzler.The mystery of electr    |
|    31 May 12 16:07:34    |
      XPost: misc.consumers.frugal-living       From: bobnospam@gmail.com              Winston wrote:       > Bob F wrote:       >> j wrote:       >       > (...)       >       >>> Who cares to gamble a wild ass guess?       >>>       >>> Obviously the fixture has to go! But very strange.       >>>       >>       >> Maybe you have a 220V circuit with 2 110V bulbs wired in series.       >       > I concur with your diagnosis, Dr.       >       > Except that the 'cold' resistance of an incandescent       > bulb would pass plenty of current to power a series-       > connected fan in a ~120 V circuit.       >              Which is what he said it does.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca