What are Parallel Circuits ?
Parallel circuits are a kind of circuit in which current emerges from a node and branches off to different paths which eventually meet up at a common node. Due to the branching, the path appears to be in parallel thereby giving it the name parallel circuits. Due to the branching, different current flows in each branch but it is important to note that each branch has the same potential difference which is equal to the potential drop between the two node points.
In these circuits, First, the current is branched out and then it is recombined at the common point. In a parallel circuit, elements are not connected end-to-end.
Parallel Circuits
In this article, we will study these types of circuits through their circuit diagram and their working. We will also discuss the characteristics of such circuits. To give some real-life applications of these circuits, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such circuits.
We will also build the base for readers through some solved examples. In the end, we will compare parallel circuits with another kind of circuits i.e. series circuits, and will conclude the article.
Table of Content
- Parallel Circuits
- Key Principles of Parallel Circuit
- Working of Parallel Circuit
- Characteristics of Parallel Circuits
- Advantages of Parallel Circuits
- Disadvantages of Parallel Circuits
- Applications of Parallel Circuits
- Solved Example of Parallel Circuits
- Difference between Series and Parallel Circuit