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    Why Does a Light Bulb's Resistor Burn Out When Directly Connected to an Outlet?

    hey thanks for the answer, so basically the mixture of oxygen and heat together causes combustion and it lights up extremely bright for less than a second and then it;s a black fried resistor
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    Why Does a Light Bulb's Resistor Burn Out When Directly Connected to an Outlet?

    I was with my electrician friend the other day, and we stuck two copper wires into each of the holes of a regular 120V outlet then smashed a 100W light bulb and took the resistor (small coiled looking thing) out of it and set it on a piece of wood and touched the copper wires to each end of the...
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