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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (316168)12/18/2006 2:53:28 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) of 1573130
 
A rheostat is used to vary the voltage so the light can be dimmed.

I see. So its one of those light switches that has a round knob rather than just an on-off setting. Got it. When I grew up we called that a round knob, not a rheostat, but I've been out of the country for a while....
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