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A fused bulb does not glow. Why?

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If the filament of a bulb is broken it is said to be a fused bulb. Since, the filament is broken, the circuit is incomplete, and thus, the current will not flow in the circuit and the bulb will not glow.

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Fig. 9.12 shows three bulbs A, B and C each of rating 100 W, 220 V connected to the mains of 220 V. Answer the following:

(a) How is the bulb A connected with the mains? At what voltage does it glow?

(b) How are the bulbs B and C connected with the mains? At what voltage does the bulb B glow?

(c) How is the glow of bulbs A and C affected if bulb B gets fused?

(d) How is the glow of bulbs B and C affected if bulb A gets fused?

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, of the three bulbs, each, are glowing in two separate rooms. When one of the bulbs in set

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is fused, the other two bulbs also cease to glow. But in set

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, when one bulb fuses, the other two bulbs continue to glow. Explain why this phenomenon occurs

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