Building Light Bulb Series

[euphoriet]

I want to build a series of about 20-30 light bulbs.

What kind of cable is needed to do this ( I heard something about how different cables support different ammounts of power) ? What type of power will I need?
Anything else to consider?

EDIT: I want to be build a "christmas lights" series but out of light bulbs

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

WTF are you talking about?

 

[djheater]

IIRC Tungsten is generally used for a filament. the bulb should be a vaccum or the filament won't last. How do you plan on accomplishing that?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

do you mean you want to mount 20-30 light bulbs on a board???

 

[euphoriet]

I just want to connect all the light bulbs in series.. like christmas lights

 

[euphoriet]

Anyone?

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: euphoriet
I just want to connect all the light bulbs in series.. like christmas lights

How much like Christmas lights do you want them to be? Is there any specific reason you're wanting to do this?

I'm very interested in why you're wanting to do this... it's not a hard concept, and I'm reluctant to help you when you apparently don't even understand the basics of electricity, such as this.

 

[dighn]

no series one goes all go u be sorry

 

[euphoriet]

My best guess is that I will need to provide the power for this "series" at different sections in the series.. I dont expect them to be all just one series with one power source.

I dont really need them to light up and then blink or anything.. just to stay lit.

 

[Ornery]

Then you don't want "series", you want them parallel, and it will require a pretty heavy cable in a hurry. If each bulb is only 40Watts, only ten of them will be close to 4 AMPS. The longer the cable is, the heavier it will have to be. Maybe you should think about using 12VDC lighting. I think those bulbs are much lower wattage.

 

[euphoriet]

Hmm is there a name and "category" for the type of cable I need according to the number of light bulbs?

 

[everman]

You're going to need at least 1.21 gigawatts of power.

 

[veloc1ty]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
WTF are you talking about?

 

[Ornery]

Really! Is this for indoor, outdoor, permanently mounted, portable, wall mounted, ceiling, floor lamps, or what?