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    Jul 17, 2008, 06:10 PM
    Chandelier internal wiring
    I have a chandelier with eight arms that has 5 bulbs per arm and two wires coming from each bulb. Not sure how to connect the wires. If one wire is "A" and the other is "B", do I wire all five "A's" together? Or do I connect the wire "A" to "B" of the second light.
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    Jul 17, 2008, 06:16 PM
    The first way you describe is parallel wiring. The second is series.

    Pretty much all AC wiring is done in parallel.

    I must say, if you have to ask this you should reconsider re-wiring a 40 light chandelier. This is no small task.
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