Re: I don't beleeeve it!


"Alex Buell" <alex.buell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:20060530005653.5ad43359.alex.buell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 29 May 2006 22:20:38 +0100, I waved a wand and this message
magically appeared:

2. It will receive a slightly larger voltage as there is less
resistance on the circuit.

2 Incorrect.

No, that's wrong. The remaining light will receive slightly more
wattage and will be brighter.

Snort. A bulb does not "receive wattage" Wattage is the output of a bulb,
and is determined by the current being passed by the bulb. This is in turn
determined by the voltage being applied, and the resistance of the bulb. Any
deviation to the brightness of one of a pair of builbs as the other one
fails is momentary, like the flicker of the lights in your home as for
instance when the oven is turned on or off.

Haven't you seen loads of cars with one
broken front light, and the other shining much brighter?
--

Yes, but that's a different thing entirely. It happens for two main reasons-

1 The car has had a shunt, and the lights on one side are out, the light(s)
on the other side are out of alignment, making it/them seem brighter.

2. The dopey twat has fitted a 21W indicator bulb where he should have
fitted a 6W or 10W bulb. He didn't have any sidelight bulbs, and only one
indicator bulb, but he sees this as better than nothing.

Steve


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