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The job of the bulb in a circuit is to convert electrical energy to light. It's called the load in the circuit.

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It can be to provide light, provide heat or act as an indicator of some type. Current flows through the bulb and it lights up.

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Use the power provided. The generic term for such items is "load".

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A bulb can be classified as a load in a circuit.

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What is a bulb's job in a circuit?

The bulb is the load of the circuit, without it you have a short circuit.


What job does a bulb do in a circuit?

The bulb converts energy from the power source into light and heat. It is the load in the circuit.


What job does a switch do in a circuit?

It opens and closes a circuit and it makes the bulb turn off and on and it completes a circuit when it is closed.


What a batteries job is?

The job of a battery is to power the torch. if the circuit is not complete then the bulb wont light up and if the batteries arent the right way round the bulb wont light up either.


Is circuit part of a light bulb?

A light bulb can be part of a circuit.


In which circuit did screwing out one bulb not influence the lighting of the other bulb?

A parallel circuit will not effect the other bulb. If the bulbs are in a series circuit the other bulb will not turn on.


What does light bulb do in a circuit?

It completes the circuit!!


If the filament of the bulb is broken would the circuit be complete?

If the bulb's filament is broken, the whole circuit becomes open. If the bulb is in a series circuit or is the only bulb, the electricity would no longer flow. If the bulb is in a parallel circuit, along with other bulbs, then only the blown bulb would go out, and the other bulbs would still work.


What happens when a bulb gets fused?

When a bulb fuses the circuit is broken if it is on a serial circuit. If the bulb is on a parallel circuit, only the fused bulb will go out, any other bulb would remain lit. On a serial circuit, until the bulb is replaced by a new one, the circuit is not able to be used.


What happens to a bulb when you move it to the battery on a circuit?

It doesn't matter where the bulb is in respect to the battery, as long as the circuit is complete, the bulb will light up.


What happens to the potential difference of a bulb that burns out in series circuit?

The whole circuit fails - because the action of the bulb blowing cuts the circuit.


What happens if you unscrew a light bulb in a series circuit?

The circuit will have the flow of electricity interrupted.