2007-05-18 07:57:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you don't know how to wire things in series, there's very little chance you know how to calculate the circuit so the lamps are all getting the correct voltage.
2007-05-18 09:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't wire standard lamps in series. Each lamp needs the full circuit voltage. They can be wired in parallel.
Call an electrician before someone gets hurt.
2007-05-18 15:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Godsmack Hockey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Using a battery as a power source, go from one terminal of the battery to one terminal of the first lamp. Take a lead from the second terminal of that lamp to the first terminal of the second lamp. From the second terminal of the second lamp to the other terminal of the battery. They will be dimmer as the voltage is shared between the 2 lamps, whereas in a parrallel circuit the voltage is the same, as in domestic wiring. In a series circuit, as in christmas tree lights, iff one lamp goes open circuit they all go out.
2007-05-18 15:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by Ray P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't wire 12volt lamps in parallel on a 230 volt supply !
2007-05-18 15:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by Tracker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just think of them as a Christmas Tree.. but best to do them in Parallell, cos if 1 bulb blows they`ll both stop workin.
2007-05-18 15:02:41 · answer #5 · answered by Shanks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one after another.
2007-05-18 15:35:48 · answer #6 · answered by GEOFF W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋