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When Christmas tree lights go out why cant you find the fault?
They are or were wired in series, one goes, they all go.
When lights are wired such that if one bulb fails the entire string of lights goes out they are said to be wired in?
series
Should a home be wired series or parallel?
Always parallel. Homes should never be wired in series. (That would be like the old Christmas tree lights where, if one bulb burned out, the entire string would not light up.)
What can you infer about whether or not your house lights are connected in series or parallel?
House lights are wired in parallel. If they were in series, when one burned out, all would. Christmas lights are wired in a combination of series and parallel - roughly 50 lights in each series string. that's why if one bulb burns out, a section of the lights goes out.
Are the lights in your house wired in series or in parallel?
it would be kind of both
Are house circuits series or parallel?
Everything in a house is wired in parallel. If you had lights is series when one burns out they would all go out, much like cheap Christmas lights.
What type of circuit is wired so that if one light goes out all the lights go out?
its a series connection
Are Christmas tree lights parallel or series?
They are parallel, or at least you HOPE they are parallel.
Uses of series circuits?
Cheap Christmas tree lights.
How are miniature Christmas tree lights wired?
Miniature Christmas tree lights are typically wired in parallel. This means that each light has its own individual connection to the power source, allowing the other lights to remain lit if one bulb burns out. The wires are connected to a central power source with fuses to protect against overloading.
Why are Christmas tree lights wired with parallel circuits instead of with series circuits?
voltage drop across all the parallel elements is equal and it is equal to input voltage. we know for home applications in voltage and frequency is fixed, ex: in India voltage=230v and frequency=50 Hz. All devices we used in home having voltage specification =230 to 240v, but different current. so home use parallel circuits. To make this a bit more general, in a series circuit each device in the circuit has some dependence on all the other items. A simple example is a number of light bulbs in series. If any one light bulb burns out the circuit opens and all the other bulbs go out. Also if you needed to add more bulbs in the same series circuit then all bulbs would be dimmer.
What are series circuits used in?
Christmas tree lights and computer cables are also connected in series.
