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Richard Casady wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:41:01 -0500, dazed and confuzzed
wrote:


Measure the resistance of a cold incandescent bulb sometime. AC or DC
doesn't matter. Cold they are nearly a short.



The resistance goes up 30 to 50 times as they heat up.

Casady

my point exactly. He's measuring them cold.

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