On 11/22/2010 11:57 AM Mark Lloyd spake thus:

Edward Reid wrote:

Where it says "made in xxxx", what is xxxx? Do you trust the English
to have been carefully and accurately written and/or transcribed?

Maybe older strings used 105W, and were revised to use 72W, but the
package wasn't carefully proofed.

Maybe the numbers are in octal.

I often find errors in the packaging for Holiday lights (such as electrical
ratings). Instead of relying on those, I make my own measurements (and add a
little for safety).

Well, how nice for you.

Unfortunately, beyond the capability of most people. Even most people
here on a.h.r, I'd guess.

So how do you measure current? Kill A Watt? or multimeter + shunt resistor?


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