Series vs Parallel Lights
Why your old Christmas lights made you lose your mind.
We all remember the frustration. One bulb burns out, and the entire strand goes dark. You spend hours testing every single bulb to find the weak link.
That is a Series Circuit. Think of it like a chain. If one link breaks, the chain falls apart. The electricity has only one path to take. If that path is broken, everything stops.
The Upgrade: Parallel Circuits. This is how we wire your house. Your kitchen lights are wired like a ladder, not a chain. Each light has its own independent path to power. If we wired your home in Series (like those cheap lights), unscrewing a bulb in the hallway would turn off your refrigerator.
The Lesson: Next time a string of lights dies, don’t just get mad. Explain why it happened. It’s a bad design saving a few pennies on copper wire.
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