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Old April 14th 08, 01:10 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.rec.subterranea,uk.transport.london
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Andy Burns wrote:
On 11/04/2008 12:23, funkmish wrote:

Four regular 40w lamps wired in parallel should do the trick. The
problem comes when one of them blows


Four 240V lamps wired in parallel across a 750V supply would blow rather
quickly I'd expect. You should try to explain that you meant to say "in
series" at this point ;-)


Yes, I meant in series, hence my comment about when one of them blows! No idea
why I typed parallel!!!