a series circuit
A circuit with a separate path for each load is a dedicated circuit. <<>> A circuit with a separate path for each load is a parallel circuit.
That path might be called a circuit. If the path is complete, it's a closed circuit.
Yes, the ground wire should all ways be connected. This is the short circuit current return path that trips the breaker in case of a short circuit in the unit.
A continuous unbroken path of electrons is a closed circuit. If there is an opening, then it is an open circuit.
Electric current can flow through a continuous path which can also be described as a closed circuit. Conversely, any break or opening in a circuit is called an open circuit. Charges can only flow through a closed circuit.
parallel
A series circuit is one is which all current is restricted to one path. A good example of a device that is series-connected is a circuit breaker.
Series circuit
Series circuit
The simplest circuit is a single loop of components connected in series; that is, the components are connected head to tail, with the first and last components connected to close the loop and complete the circuit. See the nearby link for the most rudimentary series circuit imaginable.
Because there is only a single path in series circuit and many paths in parallel circuit.
In a single loop circuit (series circuit) this will be an open circuit. If there is a current loop of some type, there's a complete path already, and thus no classification such as open or short circuited. It simply an incomplete circuit.
A series circuit or a parallel circuit
the complete path that electricity can move through is called
The essential difference between a series circuit and a parallel circuit is the way in which the components are physically connected. In a series circuit there is just a single path that electricity can take, whereas in a parallel circuit there are two or more different paths.
Yes. An example: _____A---------B________ A connected directly to B and D by one path. _____|_______/|\________ B connected directly to A and E by one path, and to C by two paths. _____|______/_|_\_______ _____|_____/___\_|______ _____|__E/_____\|______ E connected directly to B and D by one path. _____|____\_____C______ C connected directly to B and D by two paths. _____|_____\____|\_____ _____|______\___|__\___ _____|_______\__|__/___ _____|________\_|_/____ _____|_________\|/_____ _____-------------D_____ D connected directly to A and E by one path, and to C by two paths. There is an Euler circuit: ABCDEBCDA But a Hamiltonian circuit is impossible: as part of a circuit A can only be reached by the path BAD, but once BAD has been traversed it is impossible to get to both C and E without returning to B or D first. However there is a Hamiltonian Path: ABCDE.
That is a series circuit.