If the bulb is in series with something else, then . . .
-- The brightness of the bulb depends on the <em>other</em> device in the circuit.
-- If the other device is designed to use <em>less power</em> than the bulb, then the
other device gets <em>more power</em> than the bulb gets.
-- If the other device is designed to use <em>more power </em>than the bulb, then the
other device gets <em>less power</em> than the bulb gets.
-- If the other device is removed from the circuit, then the bulb doesn't light at all.
This description of the often-screwy behavior of a series circuit may partly explain
why the electric service in your home is not a series circuit.
<em>Angle of Dip is the angle in the vertical plane aligned with magnetic north (the magnetic meridian) between the local magnetic field and the horizontal.</em>
