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The document discusses series and parallel circuits. A series circuit has one path for current to flow through all components, so if one component fails the entire circuit fails. A parallel circuit has components connected to the same voltage potential, allowing the total current to be the sum of currents through individual components. Parallel circuits remain operational even if one component fails.

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Introduction

The document discusses series and parallel circuits. A series circuit has one path for current to flow through all components, so if one component fails the entire circuit fails. A parallel circuit has components connected to the same voltage potential, allowing the total current to be the sum of currents through individual components. Parallel circuits remain operational even if one component fails.

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INTRODUCTION

Series Circuit
Series circuits are sometimes called current-coupled or daisy chain-coupled. The current in a series circuit goes through every component in the circuit. Therefore, all of the components in a series connection carry the same current. There is only one path in a series circuit in which the current can flow. A series circuit's main disadvantage or advantage, depending on its intended role in a product's overall design, is that because there is only one path in which its current can flow, opening or breaking a series circuit at any point causes the entire circuit to "open" or stop operating. For example, even one of the light bulbs in an older-style string of Christmas tree lights burns out or is removed, the entire string becomes inoperable until the bulb is replaced.

Parallel Circuit
If two or more components are connected in parallel they have the same potential difference (voltage) across their ends. The potential differences across the components are the same in magnitude, and they also have identical polarities. The same voltage is applicable to all circuit components connected in parallel. The total current is the sum of the currents through the individual components, in accordance with Kirchhoffs current law.

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