Re: Watts Going on here ? - ( Use HTML settings to read )

Pluto wrote:
Now if you increase the length of the filament ( - + - ) you increase the wattage of the bulb

Huh?

Doubling the length of the identical filament cuts the wattage of the bulb to ONE QUARTER of what it was before.



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