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Will lights in a series circuit will stay lit if one goes out?
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∙ 13y ago
Like the old Christmas tree lights, no; lights connected in series will not stay lit if one (or more) are either burned out or disconnected from the circuit. Lights in series are connected "head-to-tail". Take one out, and the circuit is incomplete and will not work.
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When one bulb is unscrewed in a series circuit does the other bulb stay lit?
You break the circuit and they both extinguish (go out).Answer: The circuit will open up causing the current to quit flowing to both bulbs therefore there will be no lighted bulbsCommentYou also have the full supply voltage appearing across the empty lampholder!
When a circuit of light bulbs is wired in such a way that if one bulb burns out the rest stay lit it is called?
The question is ambiguous, however one possibility is a parallel circuit, which would permit one light bulb to remain lit while the other light bulb was switched off. By contrast, if the light bulbs were connected in a series circuit, switching one light bulb off would cause both lights to go off.
Does the current stay the same in a parallel circuit and a series circuit?
A series circuit allows only one path for the electron path to follow. This type of circuit is found in something like Christmas tree lights. But a parallel circuit allows the 2 or more path for the electron path to follow. This is primarily used in households. So no, they are not the same electrons because they are two completely different circuits.
How long did the lights stay on the Titanic for?
The lights on the titanic stayed on for four minutes until sea water flooded the generator room
What happens if you add more batteries to a circuit?
Depends on how you add them. Added in series, the voltage will increase, maybe to the point of damaging the LED. If the LED survives, it will shine brighter. Added in parallell, the LED will shine the same, and will be able to shine longer before draining the batteries.
What kind of circuit is most common in your homes?
The most common circuit is the parallel circuit. If you notice, on a chandelier, if one goes out the rest stay on. If you would have a series circuit then your house lights would be very dim because of all the usage of lights.
If you have a string of lights and one light goes out but the others stay lit which type of circuit do you have?
The lights are wired in parallel.
What are the differences between series circuit lights and parallel circuit lights in terms of energy changes?
In a series circuit the lights share the voltage between them equally and the current stays the same throughout and if one bulb fuses the the other will not work. For the parallel, the voltage is the full voltage from the battery in all bulbs and the current is split between the different routes, and if one goes out the other one will stay lighten.
When a home circuit breaker opens the lights in some rooms go off but the lights in some rooms stay on. Explain why.?
The circuit breakers in a panelboard feed separate circuits. The lights that stay on are on a different circuit than the ones that go off. To fine the circuit that feeds the lights that stay on, go to the panelboard and turn off the breakers one by one until the lights go out. This is the circuit that feeds that circuit of lights. Remember that lights and receptacles can be on the same circuit together.
In series circuit why current drop beceause according to kichroff law cuurent remain same in series circuit?
In a series circuit current does stay the same thoughout the circuit, voltage drops in the series circuit.
If two light bulbs are connected in a series circuit turning off one will it not affect the other?
no in seriesone light out all others after it fail. like a string of Christmas lights one bulb goes out it's easy to see because all lights after it will not light. in a paralell lighting system if one goes out all the other ones stay on
How to Find the burn out light bulb on parallel series?
A burned out light bulb has high resistance - it is open - so, in a series circuit, it will have full supply voltage across it while the other bulbs in the circuit have zero volts. In a parallel circuit, just look and see which bulb is not lit.If you are talking about Christmas tree lights, however, they are generally designed to short out when they burn out, so that bulb goes dark while the others stay lit, even in a series circuit. The down side of that design is that the remaining bulbs will get brighter and hotter, and they will tend to burn out faster.
What kind of connection is used for Christmas light?
series and parallel circuit :)Series CircuitsSome strands of Christmas lights use a series circuit, also known as a closed circuit. The current goes to each bulb in order, without going in any other direction. All components of the strand of lights work in a path. If one bulb burns out, or one bulb is taken out of the strand, no charge will move through the circuit. The strand will stay off because the series has been interrupted, and the path broken.Parallel CircuitsThe other type of Christmas light strands uses a parallel circuit. This is a closed electrical circuit where the current is wired in parallel, like rungs on a ladder. The current is divided into at least two different paths. Energy flows only through a common path to complete the circuit. In the case of Christmas lights, this means that there is more than one current going to the bulbs. If one burns out, the others will still lighted because the the current going to each one is separate.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a series circuit?
The main advantage to wiring a circuit with multiple accessories and access points into a series is that one main switch can control them all. This can allow a single circuit breaker, fuse, or the operator to disable them all in one step.
Why are stringed lights wired in a parallel circuit instead of a simple circuit?
Tree lights have parallel circuits because the rest of the lights will remain on if one goes out. Imagine trying to find the one bad bulb on a string of lights if one were to go out. This way, only one light goes out, so it can easily be found and replaced. Hope this helps!
Why would the interior lights stay on in a 1984 corvette?
Interior lights often stay on after the door is closed because of a faulty relay. There could also be a broken wire or a short circuit.
What is the difference of a series circuit or a parallel circuit?
Basically, a series circuit is like a string of Christmas lights. There is a single path for an electrical current to run along. Along that string is a consecutive line of "resistors" (in this case, a light-bulb) through which the electricity has to pass. If one of these resistors breaks down, the electricity can no longer pass through and any resistor beyond the one that broke down no longer has power to turn it on. On a string of Christmas lights, if one little bulb goes out, it blocks the electricity for all of the lights beyond it. All of the lights are connected to the power source by the SAME path. A parallel circuit, on the other hand, is like the lights in your house. If one burns out, all of the others still stay on, right? This is because all of the lights are connected to the same power source, but by DIFFERENT paths. So even if one light burns out, it's separate from the other ones and so it doesn't affect it. This is the difference between series and parallel. In series, they are all connected to the same power source by the same path, with parallel it's the same power source, but by a different path.
