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   From: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
   No it does not, the previous description is accurate. If there was a   
   resistor in such a small space it would get very very hot. The fuse bulb has   
   no loop of wire so blows open circuit, but of course many many people used   
   to just shove a normal bulb in which eventually made the fuse in the plug   
   blow or in the case of one we had which plugged into a light socket of the   
   bayonet sort. Blue the fuse on the whole lighting circuit resulting in   
   instant darkness or fried Christmas lights depending on the loading!   
      
   Brian   
      
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   "newshound"  wrote in message   
   news:eq-dnbLts-ZhmsP8nZ2dnUU78VXNnZ2d@brightview.co.uk...   
   > On 06/10/2021 18:47, gareth evans wrote:   
   >> 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?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Sticky key ... 50 years ago   
   >>   
   > Each bulb has a resistor in parallel.   
      
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