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|    Bob Engelhardt to Ralph Mowery    |
|    Re: Pilot light    |
|    07 Jan 20 20:09:14    |
      From: BobEngelhardt@comcast.net              On 1/7/2020 4:59 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:       > If you remove one resistor, make sure the wiring is from hot wire,       > resistor, bulb, neutral. That puts it in series.              Right       >       > If you remove the resistor that is across the bulb , the bulb will       > probably explode in one bright flash as there is nothing to limit the       > courrent to a safe value.              Wrong - backwards. Not what you said above. Do remove the one across       (parallel to) the bulb. Do not remove the one in series with the bulb.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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