What are the disadvantages in using a series circuit?

Answer 1

Series:

It is impossible to control the bulbs individually. This is one reason that series circuits are not practical for use in home lighting: It is not possible to control the lights in different rooms throughout the house on the same circuit. For example, if someone wanted to read the newspaper or watch television, he would have to turn on a switch that would put on every light and electrical appliance in the whole house.

Also, in a series circuit, the more output devices you add the slower the current becomes. If these output devices were, for example, bulbs, this would mean that the brightness of the bulbs would be dimmed. Another disadvantage of a series circuit is that if a bulb were broken or the pathway broken in any way, the other bulbs would go out too.

Advantages are that you can add more power sources, like batteries, and increase the force of the output which grants you more power. In Parallel, however, the power stays at the same voltage of the original power source. For example, if you were running a circuit on a 5-volt battery and it kept the bulb going for two hours and then added another 5-volt battery, it would keep the bulbs going for four hours instead, but it would only give out 5-volts instead of increasing it to ten.

Parallel:

Advantages would be that, if it were light bulbs that were the output devices linked in parallel, if one bulb broke the others would continue going. Also, the brightness of the bulbs would be greater than the brightness of bulbs in series.

Disadvantages are that there could be a risk of fire in some cases. Another would be that, if you have multiple power sources, the power stays at the same voltage as that of the single power source. In parallel, increasing the number of output devices does not increase the resistance like it does in series.

Answer 2

An example for a disadvantage of a series circuit is when a bulb burns out the circuit has no other path to take because as defined a series circuit only can take one path. so if that one light goes out you have a problem because that means that all the lights will go out.

Answer 3

In something like a lighting circuit, there are a couple of disadvantages to a series circuit. The first and most important is that all of the devices in the circuit must work. If you've ever dealt with Christmas tree lights you've seen the ones where one burned-out bulb kills the whole string. Second, the more bulbs in the circuit, the dimmer each one gets. But I think the worst one would be: you can't turn off any of the lights. If you turned one off, they'd all go out UNLESS you used a double-throw switch and a whole lot more wire so you could bypass any bulb you wanted to turn off. And when you did it, the lights that were still on would get brighter.

One of the disadvantage of a series circuit is in trouble shooting, you have to check ALL the loads of the circuit. Christmas light is the best example.

No advantage it is just a different application above sample is lame because it will take as much time to find to open circuit in a parallel circuit.

In a series circuit, all components receive current in a row, and if the circuit through one is broken then none of the others can receive it.

In a series circuit any discontinuity of current flow will interrupt the rest of the circuit to operate.
*the more components the circuit has, the greater its resistance is.

*if just one component doesn't work, it opens the whole circuit.

Answer 4

Disadvantage of series connection:

1.If one point breaks in the series circuit, the total circuit will break.

2.suppose if you want to connect 3 bulbs rated 230v,5A in series then due to added up resistance less current flows and the bubs are dimmer

Answer 5

Uses the energy from its power source much more quicker than a series circuit.

Answer 6

Basically if there is a break in a parallel circuit then it will continue to work, whereas if there was a break in a series circuit everything will go off.

Answer 7

You can control it with a simple switch.

Answer 8

if the light is patay the lahat is patay

Answer 9

higher impedance and losses

Answer 10

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