Re: Flashlight Bulbs

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

Drag out a box or two of your Winter Solstice light strings.
Cut one up for testing.

Most are rated at about 3 volts.

You can't beat the price (a few cents each - and that includes the SOCKET!)



At  7:00 PM -0600  on  4/4/02,  John Clement   wrote
> Workshop physics recommends using standard #14 bulbs.  The ones from Radio
> Shack work just fine.  The trick is to make sure you buy all the same type
> of bulb, and some types are to be avoided.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
>
> >  I recently got some bulbs from Radia Shack, the kind that have the lens
> >  built in, and had a problem when doing the bulbs and batteries lab...I'm
> >  in the midst of things and at my age can't recall what it was.  I had
> >  much better luck with bulbs I recall buying from NASCO.
> >
> >  cheers,
> >
> >  joe
> >
> >  On Thu, 4 Apr 2002,
> >  Tina Fanetti wrote:
> >
> >  > Radio Shack?
> >  >
> >  > Tina
> >  >
> >  > Tina Fanetti
> >  > Physics Instructor
> >  > Western Iowa Technical Community College
> >  > 4647 Stone Ave
> >  > Sioux City IA 51102
> >  > 712-274-8733 ext 1429
> >  >
> >
> >  Joseph J. Bellina, Jr.               219-284-4662
> >  Associate Professor of Physics
> >  Saint Mary's College
> >  Notre Dame, IN 46556

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