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Parallel

circuits
- Find out the difference between parallel and
series circuits

- Find out how current flows in a parallel circuit


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Ammeter
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2A
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Simple circuit and how to connect an ammeter -
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One path 🡪 one current

If the switch in the current is opened, the lamps and the buzzer will
stop operating because the current in the whole circuit
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stops flowing when the circuit is opened.


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The paths were the current can flow are called branches.
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Many paths 🡪 many currents
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In this parallel circuit:

- The current flows to the branch in the


circuit.

- At the branch, the current is divided equally


between them.
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Advantages of parallel circuits
● If a component in one branch stops
working, the other branches are not
affected.
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Advantages of parallel circuits
● Components in the same circuit can be
switched on and off independently.
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● When S1 is closed, the lamp L1 will light.

● This will not affect L2 because they are


on different branches.

● When S2 is closed, the lamp L2 will light.

● This will not affect L1 because they are


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on different branches. Circuit Construction Kit: AC - Virtual Lab


(colorado.edu)
● For any lamp to light in this circuit,
switch 4 must be closed.

● Then S1, S2, S3 can be used to


control each lamp separately.
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Measuring current
Electrical current is measured in amps
using an ammeter
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Ammeter should be connected in series in the circuit
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Calculate the current ● I total = I1 + I2 + I3

I x = I1 + I2

= 1+1
= 2A
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Calculate the current
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Calculate the current ● I total = I1 + I2 + I3

I x = I1 + I2 + I3

= 0+1+0.5
= 1.5A
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Calculate the current
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Calculate the current ● I total = I1 + I2 + I3

I x = I1 + I2 + I3

6 =x+3
= 3A
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