No 'then again' required, that is exactly what will happen when paralleled
bulbs are in series with a resistance. One bulb fails, the total current
reduces, the volt-drop in the resistance reduces, the voltage available to
the remainder of the bulbs goes up...
Also those bulbs almost double the current going through the rheostat.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skye Poier" <skye@ffwd.cx>
To: "MG Nuts" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: Rheostat and the burned wires
> I'm not running the Rat Shack bulbs now, as I had them on a little too
> bright one night, and what I think happened was one blew, and that
> dropped the load on the circuit, increasing the voltage to the other
> bulbs, with the end result that they all burnt out at the same time.
> Kind of exciting driving around with no dash lights at all..
>
> Then again, it looks from the wiring diagram like they're in parallel,
> so maybe something else happened. Anyway... YMMV as always
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