Question

Fairy lights are used to decorate buildings on festivals and marriage function celebrations. You might have seen the electrician spending lots of time in trouble locating and replacing the dead bulb.
a) What is the type of connection used in the bulbs of fairy lights?
b) What is the disadvantage of this type of connection?
c) What remains constant in this type of connection?
d) Can you connect an electric bulb and an electric heater in series?​
please answer

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) series connection is used

b) If any one bulb fuses or burns out then circuit breaks and all bulbs stop working. It takes more time to detect the faulty bulb and replace it.

c) current remains same

d) No, because

(i) if one stop working the other will also stop working

(ii) Both require different currents for their effective working. but in series connection same current flows.