On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Richards, Justin P wrote:

*>PS Have had many a failed argument with some electrical professionals when I
*>tell my story and state that if you remove 1 14v bulb from daisy chained
*>xmas lights and measure across the 2 contacts in the light socket with a
*>voltmeter it will read 240v.

The professionals may have been right if the ligts were modern and had
vdrs in the sockets. These prevent the whole string to go off if a bulb
blows and also equalise voltage while running.

Peter

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