answersLogoWhite

0

Parallel. Simple.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Why is a car headlight parallel?

If they were wired in series, losing one bulb would leave you with no headlights at all, and that would be dangerous.


Are series circuit's used in car headlights?

No, series circuits are not used in car headlights, because if one headlight were to go out the other would also, because the one light would make an incomplete circuit. Headlights are wired as parallel circuits because when one headlight goes out, the other is unaffected and stays as bright as it was before the other light went out.


How is a car headlight wired?

Car headlights can be used to illuminate work areas, crawl spaces, and other areas where AC power is not available. In order to use headlights, they must be wired to a car battery or some other source of DC power.


How come a series circuit is not used for car headlights?

Because you need to use a parallel circuit. With a series circuit, the car headlights will become dim. This is because, the electricity in a series circuit goes only one way and this means that when there are 2 bulbs, the charges of electricity have to use half of their energy for each bulb.


In what circuit are the cells wired up inside the car battery?

They are wired in series.


What is the circuit when jump starting a car battery. Series or parallel?

Parallel


What wiring for a car amplifier is better, series or parallel?

Series is better, it can handle more flow to it.


How would the bulbs shine in a series circiut?

An electric light bulb, incandescant type, is designed to operate at a certain voltage. Let's take 12 volt car headlights for example. Two 12 volt lights are connected in parallel in a car to provide the headlights, the same 2 lights could be connected in series if used on a truck with a 24 volt battery, or 20 of the lights could be connected in series if connected to a 240volt home electric circuit. (In the US think of 10 connected in series on your 110 volt system.) The lights would each produce about the same light output, but the number of lights would cause more light in total. In series there is a problem, when one light failsm they all go out. That's why lights in a house are connected in parallel.


Are the car battery cells connected in a parallel or in a series?

Sereies, with each cell about 2.2volts


What is parallel car battery wiring?

parallel battery wiring is hooking 2 batteries together in parallel series give you double the volts Clarification: Parallel battery wiring is where two or more batteries are hooked together in parallel (i.e. both/all positive battery terminals are wiredtogether, and both/all negative battery terminals are wired together. This results in a battery voltage which is the same as that of the individual batteries (typically 12V in most cars). The reason for doing this is to boost battery capacity- two identical batteries wired in parallel give twice the electical storage capacity of one battery. No increase in voltage is obtained with parallel wiring. Series wiring is where two or more batteries are hooked together in series (i.e. positive terminal of the first battery is hooked to the negative terminal of the second battery). The resulting voltage is the sum of the individual battery voltages - if two 12V batteries are hooked together, the resulting voltage will be 24V. No increase of storage capacity is obtained with series wiring.


How the convex mirror work in car headlights?

It doesn't.The reflectors in car's headlights' are concave.


What is best for cleaning the headlights on your car?

Vinegar works very well for cleaning the headlights on your car.