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Old 02-25-2008
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Good point you made about not showing the switches for each individual light. Therefore, maccauley123, imagine each resistor symbol as the whole light fixture, bulb and switch included. The switch shown in the diagram is then your main circuitbreaker.

Sailingdog, I didn't think lights would be wired in series, there would be too much of a voltage drop across each light, and they would be too dim; but I guess there may be an application for that. Also, if there was a switch in any fixture in the series application, opening that switch would shut off every light in the circuit.
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