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Default 9V battery testing; Thevenin equivalent; car headlamps.


"Joop van der Velden"


No, the resistance will increase by a factor of 2 or 3 as the lamp
gets hotter.



** More like 10 or 12 times, actually.

Depends just how white hot the filament becomes.

Halogen projector lamps with 50 hour rated live increase by a factor of
about 16.






........ Phil