"RST Engineering" writes:



Unmitigated horsepoop. Bulbs don't burn out shorted. Bulbs burn out open.

I wish.... I had some hard experience with shorted ?317's I think
they were -- the 14v version of 327's. And lots of owners of
early-generation X10 modules discovered they would fail into full-on
when their 120vac lamp failed into full-off.

The clear solution for the OP was what the NASA LeRC 10x10 Supersonic
Wind Tunnel used for ""dimmers"" for the seven 40KHP drive motors
-- large glass tanks of salt water. The electrodes were cranked in
deeper to speed things up....

Oh, if you go that route, be sure and stick to positive G maneuvers
or you'll have a mess....
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