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Would the brightness of a parallel circuit of 3 globes increase or decrease when a fourth is added?
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∙ 12y ago
The brightness would remain constant but the power draw will increase.
If the circuit was series wired, the brightness would go down as you added bulbs.
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Electric lights will not come on unless their electrical circuit is a parallel circuit?
No, electric lights come in both parallel and series circuit.
How do you use series circuit in a sentence?
This project will require a parallel circuit, not a series circuit.
What is a parralell curcuit?
• In a parallel circuit, there are junctions in the circuit so the current can flow around the circuit in more than one way. • In a series circuit the current decreases as more bulbs are added. •In a parallel circuit, as more bulbs are added, the current increases. • This is because bulbs added in parallel offer less resistance
Where ammeter and voltmeter are put in circuit?
Place in parallel anywhere in the circuit. One lead goes to the hot, the other to the neutral.
How do parallel circuits use current and voltage?
Kirchoff's voltage law: In a series circuit, the signed sum of the voltage drops around the circuit add up to zero. Since a parallel circuit (just the two components of the parallel circuit) also represents a series circuit, this means that the voltage across two elements in parallel must be the same.Kirchoff's current law: The signed sum of the currents entering a node is zero. In a series circuit, this means that the current at every point in that circuit is equal. In a parallel circuit, the currents entering that portion of the circuit divide, but the sum of those divided currents is equal to the current supplying them.
How does the brightness of each bulb in a parallel circuit compare to the brightness of the bulb in a series circuit?
u see the light bulbs on a series circuit's brightness evolves and the brightness on a parallel's circuit dont
How does the brightness of each bulb in a parallel circuit compare to the brightness of the bulb in a simple circuit?
The brightness of each bulb in a parallel circuit is the same as the brightness of a bulb in a simple circuit. By Kirchoff's voltage law, each element of a parallel circuit has the same voltage drop across it. With the same voltage, the same type of bulb will dissipate the same power, and have the same brightness.
When the resistor removed from a parallel connection of the circuit whether the resistance increase or decrease?
if we remove a resistor from the parallel connection the effective resistance value will be increased.
If additional resistance is connected in parallel with a circuit the supply voltage will decrease?
If additional resistance is connected in parallel with a circuit the supply voltage will decrease?
Which circuit can decrease the fluorescent brightness to the minimum amount?
You need to purchase a Fluorescent dimmer switch, no circuit can dim the brightness of the light safely.
If you have a DC passing through a circuit will the current decrease when you add a DC motor and if so by how much?
In the circuit where the DC motor is added, it was not specified whether the motor was added in series or in parallel to circuit elements. If it was added in series, it will increase circuit resistance and it will cause circuit current to go down. In parallel, the motor will reduce total circuit resistance, and circuit current will increase.
Does power decrease when adding resistors in parallel circuit?
no
How do we decrease the brightness of a bulb?
If the bulb is of the incandescent variety, then reducing the current in the circuit will do this.
Is resistance box connected in series or parallel?
It depends on what you want to accomplish. If you want to decrease the resistance in a circuit, you would place the box in parallel to some other resistor. If you want to increase the resistance in a circuit, you would place the box in series.
How do you decrease resonant frequency of a series-tuned circuit?
To decrease the resonant frequency of any tuned circuit, increase the inductance and/or increase the capacitance.
The current is 0.4 A and the bulb in the circuit is bright. What will happen to the brightness of the bulb if you put another bulb in series in the circuit?
ANSWER: The brightness of both bulbs will decrease. If the bulbs are identical the current will decrease to 0.2 Amps. This is a simple series resistive circuit, the more bulbs you add in series both the amperage and bulb brightness will continue to go down.
Does amperage increase as the number of bulbs in a parallel circuit increase?
Yes.
