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Electrical Wiring
captainminibar

250 VOLT bulbs

captainminibar
12 years ago

One of the joys of being an international airline pilot is to visit the various foreign versions of Home Depot & Lowes.

I picked up a couple 250 VOLT, 100 watt bulbs figuring that the filament has to be #4 rebar.

In an 120V system they burn much dimmer, of course, but at what wattage are they buring>

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