Why does an electric bulb become dim when an electric heater in parallel circuit is switched on?

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asked Jan 22, 2018 in Physics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 379 1010

Why does an electric bulb become dim when an electric heater in parallel circuit is switched on? Why does dimness decrease after sometime?

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answered Jan 22, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
edited Jan 30, 2018 by faiz
 
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The resistance of a heater coil is less than that of electric bulb filament. When heater is switched on in parallel, more current start flowing through the heater coil and current through the bulb filament decreases making it dim. After some time, when heater coil becomes hot its resistance increases. As a result,current through the heater coil decreases and the current through the bulb filament increases and thus dimness of the bulb decreases.

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