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WFU Physics Lecture Demonstrations

Blinky Whirligig

PIRA 5L30.20

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Description:

A Bi-bolor LED is wired in such a way that it will be one color when the AC source is positive and another color when the source is negative. Twirling it in a circle shows that the two colors are not lit simultaneously

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Blinky Whirligig

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