Parallel Circuits

Learn about the behavior of voltage, current, and resistance in a parallel circuit.

Prerequisites

Understanding Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff??s Law, and series circuits is recommended.

Description

This is the fourth lesson in the iKNOW Electrical Theory for Troubleshooters Library. This lesson describes the behavior of voltage, current, and resistance in a parallel circuit. The learner is also instructed in the identification of the series and parallel portions of a series-parallel circuit.

Objectives

Describe how voltage and current behave in a parallel circuit. Describe how resistance behaves in a parallel circuit. Identify the series portions of a series-parallel circuit. Identify the parallel portions of a series-parallel circuit. Simplify a series-parallel circuit to determine how voltage, current, and resistance behave.