Connected wires used in electric heater are thicker than used in electric bulb. Why?
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Original heaters from the 1920's were found to heat better when the wire was thicker to keep the temperature down, and not burn up in the oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. When thinner wires, were used, they burned too 'hot', and were abandond, as being impracticable.
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