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What kind of battery do you use to make a light bulb glow using wire and battery?
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∙ 15y ago
Any sort of dry battery will do this, you just need to match the required bulb voltage with the battery voltage. Most small dry batteries give 1.5 volts, the square shaped ones give 9 volts, and there are bigger ones used for lanterns and large flashlights. The bulb should have on it the required voltage, if it is say 3 volts you will need two batteries in series (connect them positive end to negative end of the second) or you can make a string in series, you just get number of batteries x 1.5 volts. If it is a car bulb these operate at 12 volts, you will need a car type battery for these.
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How does a battery make a light bulb glow?
The flow of electrons from the battery flow through the filament in the bulb causing it to get hot and glow thus producing light.
You are using a bulb whose filament is broken will the bulb glow when connected to battery give reason?
no. it cant make its connection so it wont make any light.
How does a battery powered light work?
The battery chemically stores electricity so when you 'switch on' the light then electricity flows from the battery to the bulb. The bulb the heats up to glow white and the reflector shines the light out of the battery powered light
What happens when a battery light the light bulb?
When the switch is turned it completes an electrical circuit. The circuit amperage flows through a high resistance filament in the bulb and it starts to glow. The bright glow from the filament and the reflector behind the bulb is what creates the flashlights beam.
Based on what you have seen what must be true for a circuit to light a bulb?
There must be a current through the bulb in order for it to glow.
What happens when a bulb is attached to a battery?
When a bulb is attached to a battery or a cell as scientists call it, the bulb glows. If you want a bulb to glow more and more brighter, it depends on how many batteries you attached to the bulb. If you attach a lot of batteries at the same time, the bulb might even explode or burn out. The wires that hold the interaction between a light bulb and the battery is electricity. The electricity flows through the wires and touches the bulb and that is how a light bulb glows.
What describes electricity flowing from a battery though a switch to a light bulb?
Circuit Electrons flow form the positive end of the battery through the wire connecting the positive terminal to a switch. The other end of the switch is connected to one terminal on the bulb, the other terminal of the bulb is connected to the negative end of the battery. No electrons (current) flows as long as the switch is open. Once the switch is closed and if the battery has enough voltage and current capacity to make the filament in the bulb glow, then the bulb emits light (together with wasted heat). If the switch is open, no current flows through the entire circuit and the bulb does not glow.
Can a tomato glow when connected to a light bulb?
no
What do you need to make a light bulb glow?
Light bulbCurcitBatteryWires
IF a bulb travels at the speed of light and is turned on will it glow?
It could not travel at the speed of light. But hypothetically, it would glow.
What do gases in a light bulb do?
heat up and glow
How does a candle make a light bulb glow?
it doesn't
