<VV> Bulbs burn out quickly?

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/11/2008 11:44:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

No,  Ron is right. The current through a bulb is determined by the  
available volatge and the resistance of the bulb. E=IR, I=E/R ohm's law.  
The only way to get more current through the bulb is to apply more  
voltage. Even if you put the bulb in series with the starter motor, the  
current through the bulb would not exceed its normal current. Of course  
the starter motor would not run, since now its current is  limited.

Frank DuVal



True, but the original question involved putting the bulb into the socket  
wrongly, so that high current was being supplied to a bulb that wasn't supposed  
to get that much.  Wouldn't that cause early burnout?
 
Scotty from Hollyweird



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