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What is the difference between a simple circuit and a parallel circuit?
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∙ 14y ago
A parallel circuit is different in many ways from a series circuit:
1. In parallel, the voltage across all the devices connected is the same.
2. If a fault occurs in any device connected in parallel combo, then it has no effect on the operation of the other device.
3. In series circuit the current flowing through all the devices is the same while in case of the parallel one the voltage across all the devices is same.
Noble Bogan
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∙ 14y ago- A simple circuit has a power supply and one or more componets that uses the power and produces heat, light, sound, etc., and is complete that is, it has a wire from the power supply to each componet and back to the power supply (PS).
There are many different circuits: series, parallel, and combinations of both.
A series circuit has all componets in a line or loop. A wire from the PS goes to the fiirst connection of the next componet and exits that componet and on to the next one, and so on till the circuit is complete.
A parallel circuit is similar ( a complete loop from the PS to all the componets and back to the PS), however, one or more componets may not be connected end to end. Think of the wire becoming a "Y" shape going from a single wire to two parallel wires, each with it's own light bulb and then through another "Y' to becom a single wire again.
PS (E) goes to light (O) and back to the PS to complete the circuit. A simple series circuit
PS (E) goes to a junction and becomes two parallel wires (branches) and each one has a light (O) and then through another junction where the two wires meet to become one again. A simple parallel circuit
Both are complete circuits but the 2nd one has the lights connected in parallel.
The reason for doing one or the other (series vs parallel vs both) is to control the current, resistance, or voltage amount to what value is needed.
If the light bulbs in the above all had the same resistance, then the current is more in the parallel circuit but the total resistance is less.
Remember Ohm's law: E(volts) = I (current) / R (resistance). Hope this has helped.
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What are the parts of parallel circuit?
Simple parts of a circuit are switches, light bulb, battery and connecting wires.
What happens to current in a simple circuit as potential difference is increased?
depends on the simple circuit. please describe it.
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The power dissipated by the complete circuit, no matter whether it's a series or parallel one, is the simple sum of the power dissipated by each component of the circuit.
To find the current in a complex circuit it is necessary to know?
the source voltage and the total impedanceAnswerA 'complex circuit' describes a category of circuit that is neither series, parallel, nor series-parallel. A relatively-simple example of a complex circuit is a Wheatstone Bridge. You cannot analyse or resolve a complex circuit using the techniques used to analyse and resolve series, parallel, or series-parallel circuit. Instead you must use one or other of the various electrical theorems. For example, to determine the currents flowing in a Wheatstone Bridge circuit, you could use Kirchhoff's Laws or Thevenin's Theorem.
What is the difference between parallel and series circuits?
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What is different between parallel circuit and series circuit?
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In a simple circuit is a battery in series or parallel with the resistor?
In series.
What are the parts of parallel circuit?
Simple parts of a circuit are switches, light bulb, battery and connecting wires.
What happens to current in a simple circuit as potential difference is increased?
depends on the simple circuit. please describe it.
How does the brightness of each bulb in a parallel circuit compare to the brightness of the bulb in a simple circuit?
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How are voltmeters connected to a simple series circuit?
Voltmeters are connected to simple series circuits the same way they are connected to any circuit. They are connected in parallel with the portion of the circuit for which you wish to measure the voltage drop.
What are the three types of circuit's?
the three types of circuits are series, parallel, and series-parallel.AnswerThere are, in fact, four types or categories of circuit, not three! These are series, parallel, series-parallel, and complex.The term 'complex' is somewhat misleading, because a 'complex circuit' is not necessarily complicated (although they often are!) but merely the collective name for any circuit that isn't series, parallel, or series-parallel. A simple example of a complex circuit is a bridge circuit, such as Wheatstone's Bridge.
If you add more batteries to a simple circuit will make the bulb?
That will depend on whether they are added in series or parallel.
What is a simple circuit?
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