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Default How to shorten christmas light strings to fit your need


Grandpa wrote:
Heathcliff wrote:
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OK you sound like you have a pretty good handle on how these work.
What I want to know is, if they're in series (which sounds right since
if you remove a bulb, the whole string or whole section goes out) how
come if one burns out, the rest stay lit? (Which they advertise on the
box.) -- H

Google could be your friend:
http://www.rain.org/~mkummel/stumpers/07jan00a.html

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Grandpa


Oooh, good site. Thanks Gramps, now I get it. -- H