The grandfather's way to illuminate the house even at low mains voltage

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So I want to make my own small contribution to this collection of useful life ideas. My article will be a little from the series "tale of stupid neighbors" and more about "electricity".

What if the network is ~ 170 volts?

This story concerns my grandfather - he devoted his youth to working as an electric locomotive driver and in the 50s he studied at the university, which was a rarity.

That is, grandfather understood a lot about electricity. And so in our house, in the private sector, voltage problems began - even the incandescent bulbs did not flare up in full force. Either some clever guy dabbled in a transformer, or the cables had big losses - I don't know.

In order not to live in a house like moles in a pit, grandfather went to the trick - he brought from work light bulbs designed for low voltage (~ 24-25 V) and connected them in series to a 220 volt network.

As a result, the network of Zh24-25 bulbs began to shine, and our house was the only normally lit on the whole street.

The neighbors, seeing the bright light in the windows, knocked on the district police officer and in Gorsvet. The latter reluctantly came (as many as 3 or 4 people), looked at the cunning system, shook their heads and left: no crime - just the owner of the house has brains in stock, and not on order.

The lamps played the role of resistors and lowered the voltage to the level required for their normal operation. This was regulated by the number of bulbs connected to the network at the same time.

What surprises did your neighbors give you?

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