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raldi
on Dec 16, 2014
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Are Christmas Lights in Series or Parallel?
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mindslight
on Dec 16, 2014
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The nominal voltage on an AC power line refers to the "RMS" average of the waveform. The peak voltage of a sine wave is sqrt(2)*RMS. Presumably bulbs tend to blow when they're turned on while the voltage is near a peak.
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