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When you add another light bulb to a circuit does it effect the voltage?
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∙ 14y ago
When a bulb is added in parallel to a circuit with a single bulb, the resistance of the circuit decreases.
This is because the existing bulb's operating point remains the same, due to the fact that Kirchoff's voltage law states that the signed voltages around a series circuit must add up to zero, with the two bulbs being their own series circuit. A consequence of this is that the voltage across both bulbs must be the same, i.e. that the voltage across the first bulb does not change.
The second result of adding the bulb is that the current in the overall circuit increases.
This is because the second bulb must pull some current in order to operate, yet we know that the voltage across the first bulb did not change. As a result, due to Ohm's law, the current through the first bulb did not change. And, finally, since Kirchoff's current law states that the signed sum of the currents entering a node is zero, the addition of a second load in parallel with the first load must, therefore, represent additional current.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoAdding any number of bulbs to a circuit in parallel surely wont affect its voltage but connecting in series make serious consequences.
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∙ 11y agoVoltage is decreases when faced with a resistance. The bulb would be the resistor. There is a voltage drop across the bulb equal to resistance times current.
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∙ 15y agoNo. It remains the same.
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What will happen to the resistance and the brightness if you add a light bulb to the circuit?
If a rheostat is connected in parallel with a light bulb, the setting of the rheostat should have no effect on the performance of the light bulb, as long as the power supply is able to maintain its output voltage and deliver the current demanded by their parallel combination.
Why would receptacles have low voltage and the light switches no voltage on the same circuit?
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An example series circuit might be what?
A voltage or current source in series with a circuit breaker or fuse in series with a switch in series with a light bulb.
Does voltage flow through a circuit or is it established across a circuit?
The 'charges' (electrons, in the case of a metal conductor) are ALREADY distributed within the conductor. They are in a state of constant, haphazard, movement at just short of the speed of light. When a potential difference is applied across the conductor, there is a tendency for these electrons to move from the negative potential towards the positive potential. This tendency is VERY slow; for example, an individual electron is unlikely to pass through the filament of a flashlight during the lifetime of its battery!
When a three light circuit is connected in series with 2 6V batteries what is the voltage across each of the lights?
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Nothing.
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A conductor carries the voltage potential from the source to the load, i.e. the wires from a circuit breaker to a light.
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If a rheostat is connected in parallel with a light bulb, the setting of the rheostat should have no effect on the performance of the light bulb, as long as the power supply is able to maintain its output voltage and deliver the current demanded by their parallel combination.
If two light-bulbs are connected in a series circuit and one of the light-bulb's current flowing is 0.5 A what is the current flowing in the other light-bulb?
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Why would receptacles have low voltage and the light switches no voltage on the same circuit?
lighting is usually on 15A breakers receptacles on 20A the probability is high that they are not on the same circuit. if they are the same circuit the probability is high that there hasn't been an electrical inspection
An example series circuit might be what?
A voltage or current source in series with a circuit breaker or fuse in series with a switch in series with a light bulb.
Does voltage flow through a circuit or is it established across a circuit?
The 'charges' (electrons, in the case of a metal conductor) are ALREADY distributed within the conductor. They are in a state of constant, haphazard, movement at just short of the speed of light. When a potential difference is applied across the conductor, there is a tendency for these electrons to move from the negative potential towards the positive potential. This tendency is VERY slow; for example, an individual electron is unlikely to pass through the filament of a flashlight during the lifetime of its battery!
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