the negative terminals
There are two terminals on an electric bulb whether AC or DC.
A voltage is applied across the terminals of the light fixture to which the bulb is attached by two terminals, hot and neutral. A current then flows through the bulb. In an incandescent light the filament wire heats up and glows.
pull out the bulb and place ohm meter on correct terminals
If you put two batteries of the same voltage with like terminals touching each other in series the equal, but opposite voltages will cancel each other and the light bulb will not light, because there is no current flowing through it.
connect the bulb to electricity
Incandescent light bulb"Light bulb" redirects here. For other types including compact fluorescent lamps, see Lamp (electrical component).An incandescent light bulbThe incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe makes light by heating a metal filament wire to a high temperature until it glows. The hot filament is protected from air by a glass bulb that is filled with inert gas or evacuated. In a halogen lamp, a chemical process that returns metal to the filament prevents its evaporation. The light bulb is supplied with electrical current by feed-through terminals or wires embedded in the glass. Most bulbs are used in a socket (a housing giving mechanical support to the bulb, keeping its terminals in contact with the supply current terminals).
Garden bulbs do not have to terminals they have a shoot at one end and roots at the other. Light bulbs have two terminals because the filament needs to be part of a circuit so the electricity can flow. The terminals are where the electricity flows in and out.
An emergency light switch uses a relay. A relay has an 5 terminals. The firs two terminals are connected to a flowing current (current flows when there is a normal electricity) The next 3 terminals are the common, the normally on, and normally off. One of the battery terminal is connected to the common, and the other one terminal of the battery is connected to one terminal of the light bulb(which has two terminals) then the other terminal of the light bulb is connected to the normally on terminal of the relay. When current flows to the first two mentioned terminals of the relay, the circuit of the battery and light is cut off or not connected. But when the current is off, this will switch on the normally-on terminal thus current will flow from the battery to the light bulb, that will shed light. ;) on an emergency situation. note: The normally off is not use. And may be use for some purpose.
Electric bulbs need electricity to travel through them. Then electrical energy can be changed into heat and light. In order for the electricity to enter the bulb in the correct place, it has terminals.
their are 8 parts to the light bulb
It depends how big the light bulb is to be honest