XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: headstone255@yahoo.com   
      
   On 06/10/2021 18:43, gareth evans wrote:   
   > I have been called uppon by SWMBO to repair her Pifco Xmas   
   > tree lights which she purchased over 5 years ago.   
   > (Yes, we have plenty of modern LED versions to   
   > replace them)   
   >   
   > 1. The instructions say that if one bulb of the 20 fails,   
   > then the res will remain illuminated. What's the technology   
   > here because they're all wired in series?   
   >   
   > 2. Is the Fuse Bulb a capacitive unit, because I get a momentary   
   > flick of the ohmmeter?   
   >   
      
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