In just about all of them. The idea of current flowing in a loop is a lies to children simplification. In anything more complicated than a torch or a doorbell, the elctricity flows along many different paths.
The grown-up version is embodied in Kirchhoff's laws:
1) The algebraic sum of the currents entering a node is zero.
Algebraic sum here means that if you arbitrarily call currents entering a node positive, and currents leaving the node negative (or vice versa) and add them all up, it always comes to zero. It's just a fancy way of saying that the total current coming in is equal to the total current going out. In other words, a node (any single point in a circuit) does not store charge.
2) The algebraic sum of the voltages around a given loop is zero.
Algebraic sum here means that you arbitrarily choose a direction around the loop. Increases in voltage as you traverse the loop are counted as positive, decreases as negative. It's just a cute way of saying that all the positive voltages are cancelled out by negative voltages.
Now, if you ever see a circuit diagram for your TV set or whatever, you won't be expecting a single path for the electricity to flow around!
But in simple circuits like the circuit in a flashlight, there is only one current path.
yes, but only if these paths are on the same ciurcit
Parallel circuit
A parallel circuit.
That's a 'parallel' circuit.
parallel
Any complete circuit. ==== An electrical circuit.
what kind of electricity is caused by a continuous flow of electrons
Circuit breakers are in place to prevent an over-current condition. When too much current is passed through a wire, it overheats and can result in fire. The circuit breaker is just doing its job when it turns off a circuit in that kind of condition. Too many appliances running simply means too much current on a circuit.
An example of a kind of short circuit is an arc welding.
That would be electricity.
"closed"
parallel and series
Current Electricity
Solar panels generate electricity, direct current. This is normal electricity. It can travel along wires into batteries in your house, or it can go through an inverter and become alternating current which can be sold back to electricity companies. Whichever kind, it still travels along wires, just the same as bought electricity.
To whom it may concern, Did you mean to ask what is static electricity?? If so the term static, which means stays the same, means the electricity in a circuit is static; it does not change direction and electrons only have 1 path to travel. An example of a static circuit would be a DC ( Direct Current) circuit, whereas an AC circuit; alternating current, alternates between 120v to 0v, then 0 to negative 120, back to 0v, then to positive 120v, however, this happens at so fast you would never catch a reading on a multi meter.
i think it just might mean a kind or type of circuit. But this is not very accurate so check on another website just in case. You shouldn't believe everything on this website.
Series.
All electricity or electronic circuits will not allow the current to flow if they have switching devices in series in their circuits.
well it depens on what kind of energy. if your talking about electricity it can travel in faster than the speed of light. if you were to transport electricity it will be stored in a battery or some thing larger. OH and yes enery can travel from one place to another.
A path through which current flows is generally called a circuit. Some might say a complete circuit to denote a "closed loop" through which electricity can leave one electrode or contact on a voltage source, travel through some conductors of some kind, and then return to the other electrode or contact on the source.
The wave that can travel through earth and along earths surface is a SEISMIC wave.
Electricity is the movement of electrons. In metals, which are good conducters of electricity, electrons are "delocalised", which means that they are not held tightly by the nuclei of the metal's atoms, and are free to flow from the negative end of, say, a circuit with a metal wire, to the positive end.