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Can you shut off one appliance at a time on a parallel circuit?
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∙ 14y ago
Only if you install separate switches for each part of the circuit. The whole point of a parallel circuit - is that both parts of the circuit are controlled by the same switch.
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∙ 12y ago
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What lasts longer a series circuit or a parallel curcuit?
They will both last for the same amount of time. In both situations all of the battery's power is being used, but in parallel, you can separately control the individual loads that you put on the circuit with switches. Hope that helps
Advantages of fast adder over parallel binary adder?
serial adder: 1) Slower 2) It uses shift registers 3) IT requires one full adder circuit. 4) It is sequential circuit. 5) Time required for addition depends on number of bits. Parallel adder: 1) Faster 2) It uses registers with parallel load capacity 3) No. of full adder circuit is equal to no. of bits in binary adder. 4)It is a combinational circuit 5)Time required does not depend on the number of bits
What type of circuit allows some lights to burn and some to be off at the same time?
Parallel circuits.
When the power cuts off after switching on an appliance what do I do?
You probably popped the breaker. The appliance is drawing too much current for that circuit (or is combined with too many other appliances on that circuit). Unplug it, turn the breaker back on. Try to find a different circuit to operate it on, or move other appliances to other circuits to reduce the load. If you own your residence you might be able to hire an electrician to completely rewire that circuit with larger capacity wire and breaker and changing the outlets also. This will get expensive though. I cannot use my microwave cooker and my stand mixer at the same time, together they will trip the breaker for the kitchen outlets, but one at a time is OK. It might also be an earth fault in the appliance - As stated turn off other appliances on the same circuit (that should cancel out any over load) and test again . If the breaker drops then the appliance is the issue
What is the advantage of a parallel circuit over a series circuit?
In a parallel circuit the failure of one bulb reduces the light of that one bulb. In a series circuit the failure of any bulb causes all bulbs to stop producing light because the circuit itself fails. A break in a series circuit stops the current flow to the whole circuit. A break in a parallel circuit stops the flow only in that parallel branch, not the whole circuit. This independence from system loss by one failure is a parallel advantage.
What type of circuit lets you use only one light at a time?
a parallel circuit
What is the difference between Serial and Parallel Adder?
Some key differences between a Serial and Parallel Adder are that a Serial Adder is slower, a Parallel adder is a combinational circuit and the time required for addition depends on the number of bits in a Serial, but not a Parallel. A Serial Adder is a sequential circuit while a Parallel is a combinational circuit.
Do all branches in a parallel circuit have to be on?
No, they do not. Think of it this way. Your house is one huge parallel circuit. Not every branch is on all the time. You turn switches on and off to turn individual branches on and off at will.
What type of circuit allows you to use appliances in your home at the same time?
parallel circuits for A+
What type of circuit allows you to use appliances in your home the same time?
parallel circuits for A+
What lasts longer a series circuit or a parallel curcuit?
They will both last for the same amount of time. In both situations all of the battery's power is being used, but in parallel, you can separately control the individual loads that you put on the circuit with switches. Hope that helps
Advantages of fast adder over parallel binary adder?
serial adder: 1) Slower 2) It uses shift registers 3) IT requires one full adder circuit. 4) It is sequential circuit. 5) Time required for addition depends on number of bits. Parallel adder: 1) Faster 2) It uses registers with parallel load capacity 3) No. of full adder circuit is equal to no. of bits in binary adder. 4)It is a combinational circuit 5)Time required does not depend on the number of bits
Why should the grounding wire of the appliances be inserted to the ground?
in case there is a short circuit of the appliance motor. if the ground is not plugged in, the metal housing of the appliance could become electrified and the first time you touch it you become the grounding source and could be electricuted!
What type of circuit allows some lights to burn and some to be off at the same time?
Parallel circuits.
Why would some lights in your house blink and not the others?
It is most likely caused by another appliance on the same circuit. When a heavy draw on the circuit is caused by an power consuming appliance, the voltage will tend to drop lower that what it was before the current draw. This is the condition that you see as the lights dim or as you call it blinking. The same thing happens when a motor load is applied to the circuit. It can be seen when fridges and freezers start their cycle of starting. If it is a plug in appliance that you think is causing this condition plug it in some other circuit and see if it happens there. If it does then it is nothing to worry about. If it is the same circuit time after time you should get an electrician to look at the problem as it might be the start of something else and it is better to catch it early rather than later.
When the power cuts off after switching on an appliance what do I do?
You probably popped the breaker. The appliance is drawing too much current for that circuit (or is combined with too many other appliances on that circuit). Unplug it, turn the breaker back on. Try to find a different circuit to operate it on, or move other appliances to other circuits to reduce the load. If you own your residence you might be able to hire an electrician to completely rewire that circuit with larger capacity wire and breaker and changing the outlets also. This will get expensive though. I cannot use my microwave cooker and my stand mixer at the same time, together they will trip the breaker for the kitchen outlets, but one at a time is OK. It might also be an earth fault in the appliance - As stated turn off other appliances on the same circuit (that should cancel out any over load) and test again . If the breaker drops then the appliance is the issue
What is the advantage of a parallel circuit over a series circuit?
In a parallel circuit the failure of one bulb reduces the light of that one bulb. In a series circuit the failure of any bulb causes all bulbs to stop producing light because the circuit itself fails. A break in a series circuit stops the current flow to the whole circuit. A break in a parallel circuit stops the flow only in that parallel branch, not the whole circuit. This independence from system loss by one failure is a parallel advantage.
