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There are two light bulbs in a circuit wired in parallel a third light bulb is added again in parallel what is the effect on total resistance of adding the third bulb?
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∙ 11y ago
Total resistance decreases:
1/R(total) = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3
Assuming each lightbulb has the same resistance: R1 = R2 = R3
1/R(total) = 1/R = 1/R + 1/R = 3/R
R(total) = R/3
Before the bulb was added:
1/R(total) = 1/R + 1/R = 2/R
R(total) = R/2
R/3 < R/2
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe total resistance decreases..... For parallel connections, the reciprocal of net resistance is equal to the sum of the reciprocals of the individuals resistances.... i.e. 1/Rn= 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3 .... adding more resistors will decrease the net resistance.
Note: The net resistance in any parallel circuit is always smaller than the smallest resistance...
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∙ 13y agoNothing happens to the brightness of the light bulbs in the parallel circuit if the power supply is capable of supplying the additional current. Otherwise, the original bulbs will dim according to the additional current demand.
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The brightness of each bulb in a circuit is proportional to the power it dissipates, which is equal to:
(voltage across this bulb)2 divided by (impedance of this bulb).
Neither the voltage across the bulb or the impedance of the bulb depends on how many other bulbs may exist in parallel with this one (unless the power supply is overloaded and the voltage is beginning to 'sag').
Here's a note that may surprise you: All of the light bulbs in your house are in parallel across the utility supply to the house ... as well as everything else that's plugged into a wall outlet. Switching one of them on or off has no effect on the brightness of the others, does it? No, it does not. The observer will note no changes in the brightness of a given bulb when other bulbs are switched on and off. They are all connected in parallel across the same voltage source, which some call the mains.
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∙ 14y agoThe total resistance of a circuit when bulbs are placed in series increases, and the power dissipated across the bulbs decreases.
The increase of resistance, and the decrease of power, is, however, not mathematically what would be expected from a naieve perspective (linear for resistance, inverse squared for power) because the resistance of bulbs varies dramatically with temperature. A 40W bulb, for instance, would pull 500W if it operated at its cold resistance.
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∙ 14y agoThe total effective resistance of a series circuit is the sum of the individual resistance of all components
in the circuit. As more elements are added to the circuit, the resistance increases.
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∙ 15y agoSince they are in parallel, adding a new bulb will add a new path for the current to flow and total resistance will be decreased. Math: (R1 X R2 X R3) / ( R1 + R2 + R3) = Resistance total
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∙ 11y agonothing, until you exceed the circuit capacity and pop the breaker or blow the fuse. then they all go out.
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∙ 11y agoThe resistance increases by one third.
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What is the answer for threr are two light bulb in a circuit wired in parallel a third light bulb is added again in parallel What is the effect on total resistancr of adding this third bulb?
Total resistance decreases.
There are two light bulbs in a circuit wired in parallel a third light bulb is added agin in parallel what is the effect on total resistance of adding this third bulb?
reduces it from 1/2 to 1/3rd
What happens to a parallel circuit resistance if the voltage applied is doubled?
That has no effect on the resistance. The current doubles also.
Why a circuit will produce a loading effect?
This happens because the total parallel resistance is lower than the individual resistors that make up the group of parallel resistors. When you add another parallel load, the resistance of that parallel group lowers and as result increases the current for the rest of the circuit.
What is the equivalent resistance through the entire circuit?
The equivalent resistance is the overall effect all of the resistances in a circuit has. Put another way, it is the value a single resistor in a circuit would have to be in order to have the same effect as all of the resistors resistors combined in a given circuit.
What is the effect on total resistance of adding this third bulb?
If a fourth bulb were added in a similar way to the three existing bulbs, the resistance in the circuit would go up if the bulbs were series connected, and it would go down if the bulbs were parallel connected.
What is the affect of a series circuit on current?
by adding the the resistances in series the total resistance of the circuit increses and thus the crunt flowing in the circuit decrese. Ans 2 . the current in series circuit of constant resistance will always be the same . It will not effect the current .
There are two light bulbs in a circuit wired in parallel a third bulb is added what is the effect on tolal resistance of adding the third bulb?
Adding any additional element in parallel will reduce the combined resistance. Do some sample calculations to get a "feel" for this: Total resistance (R) is calculated as 1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3... In other words, take the reciprocal of the individual resistances, add them, and then take the reciprocal of the result.
In a series circuit each device that is added to circuit decreases the?
Ohm's Law answers your question. Voltage = Current x Resistance. In a series circuit you are in effect adding resistance. If the Voltage remains constant then the answer is obvious looking at the equation above.
In a series circuit each device that is added to the circuit decreases the?
Ohm's Law answers your question. Voltage = Current x Resistance. In a series circuit you are in effect adding resistance. If the Voltage remains constant then the answer is obvious looking at the equation above.
In series circuit each device that's added to the circuit decreases the?
Ohm's Law answers your question. Voltage = Current x Resistance. In a series circuit you are in effect adding resistance. If the Voltage remains constant then the answer is obvious looking at the equation above.
What happens to the current in circuit as the resistance increases?
Current decreasesWhen voltage remains constant and resistance increases the current in the circuit will reduce.More informationV=IRwhere V is voltage,I is current andR is resistance.From the above equation,R=V/I, and hence resistance is indirectly proportional to current.Therefore, an increase in resistance would have the effect of decreased current.NB: this holds true only as long as the voltage remains constant.Another opinionHowever, this is only true in the case of a circuit connected in series.When circuits are connected in parallel, the opposite happens. If there is an increase in the amount of resistors in parallel, the total resistance of the circuit then decreases and the current increases subsequently.Yet another viewNo, that's not stated right.If more resistors are added in parallel - so that the circuit's overall total resistance decreases and its total current increases - that is NOT in any way the opposite of what this question is asking about...Let's make this crystal clear, so that there is no confusion: "an increase in the amount of resistors" is NOT the same as "an increase in resistance".So a parallel circuit behaves EXACTLY the same as a series circuit: if its overall resistance increases, the overall current going through the parallel circuit decreases AND if its overall resistance decreases, the overall current going through the parallel circuit increases.Actually, the second opinion is correctIn a parallel circuit, there are more branches to allow electrons back to the power supply, so current increases. With more resistors in a circuit, the overall resistance in a parallel circuit DECREASES.In a series circuit, current is the same throughout. So if more resistors are added, resistance INCREASES and so current DECREASES.
