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If lamp C burns out in a circuit where lamps A and B are connected in series with lamp C, then both lamps A and B will also go out. This is because the circuit is incomplete when lamp C fails, preventing current from flowing through lamps A and B. In a parallel circuit, however, if lamp C burns out, lamps A and B would remain lit as they have alternative paths for current. The specific behavior depends on how the lamps are connected in the circuit.

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If you use a non-dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) in a circuit controlled by a dimmer switch no damage will be done but the CFL will stay bright when the dimmer is turned down whilst any other normal incandescent lamps wired into the same circuit will go dim in the normal way.Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps are now available, for example in the Megaman range of CFLs. For more information see the Related Link shown below.Incandescent dimming uses any incandescent lamps and an incandescent dimmer.To dim fluorescent lamps usually requires use of fluorescent dimmers AND fluorescent dimmable ballasts. If these two components do not match, dimming will not work.The fluorescent lamps themselves are the same whether you put them in a standard (nondimming) ballast or a dimmable ballast.If your dimmers are not dimming the CFLs they are either not fluorescent dimmers or, more likely, your ballast in the light fixture is not a dimmable ballast.


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Can all circuit breakers interrupt large fault currents?

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Why does plugging too many appilances into the same circuit cause too much current to flow through the circuit what will happen as a result?

Each appliance has its own amperage. This can be shown by looking at the label of each appliance. A circuit is protected by a breaker which has a trip limit. By continually adding more amperage from different appliances, the circuit becomes overloaded. When the circuits limit is reached because of the additive effect of more appliances to the circuit the breaker will trip. This disconnects the appliance loads from the distribution panel supply and prevents over loading of the conductors of that circuit. Without removing some of the load amperage, the breaker will keep tripping when reset.


How can you prevent having a overloaded circuit?

Option 1: Use a circuit breaker. The breaker is essentially a switch that will turn off the electricity in the event of a current overload fault occurring somewhere either in appliances connected to the circuit or to the circuit's own wiring. Option 2: Use a fuse. Will turn off the electricity in the event of a current overload. One downside is that fuses destroy themselves in order to cut-off the power, so you have to replace them. Another downside is that some of the simpler types of fuse are not as fast-acting as a circuit breaker so they can allow more damage to occur before they shut off the supply of current.In reality, unlike a circuit breaker, a fuse is not really an "overload protection device" but a "device for opening a circuit which has a higher current subjected to it than it was designed to carry", such as a short circuit condition.For example certain types of electric motor need to draw a high start-up current so a circuit feeding such a motor must be fused at up to 250% of the motor's rated running current or Full Load Amperage (FLA). So a motor could be in an overload state up to 200% over its FLA and still not blow the fuse. For more information about circuit protection devices see the answers to the Related Questions shown below.

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