On 12/17/2012 08:06 AM, Art Todesco wrote:

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BTW, some older strings had 2 special bulbs, which were called
'fuse bulbs' which apparently didn't have shunts and usually had some
green paint on the bulb. They usually had a different base, so a
regular lamp could not be plugged in these special sockets. But these
seem to have disappeared through the years.

I don't remember any with green paint. I do remember 'flasher' bulbs
with red paint. IIRC, those didn't have shunts.

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