One website said that the advantage of a series circuit is that you can add more power devices, such as more batteries, and increase the force of the output. What does that actually mean?
2006-10-14 17:00:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Hi. There are two main types, serial and parallel. Hooking up a set of batteries will add their voltages, while hooking them up in parallel will increase their power (amp/hours available).
2006-10-14 17:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Advantages Of Series Circuit
2016-11-08 05:57:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many advantages to series circuits.
When batteries are placed in series, their voltages are all added together. For instance, 1 1/2 volt batteries can be stacked to provide 3, 4 1/2, 6, 7 1/2, 9 volts and so on.
In manufacturing, series circuits are often the most economical. For instance, if light bulbs are placed in series, only one wire is needed to string the lights together (unfortunately, if one light burns out, the circuit is open and all the lights go out)
In many of the older tube televisions and radios, the tubes were wired in series (chosen so that their total voltage when added together was 120 volts) and this eliminated the need for an expensive transformer and the additional wiring.
Unfortunately, again, when one tube burned out, none of the tubes would light.
2006-10-14 17:49:46 · answer #3 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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What are the advantages of a series circuit?
One website said that the advantage of a series circuit is that you can add more power devices, such as more batteries, and increase the force of the output. What does that actually mean?
2015-08-18 23:57:03 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That doesn't really mean anything. Series circuits are much harder to work with since anything you add to them changes the entire circuit. In parrallel circuits you just design them for enough capacity and you can add stuff to them without affecting the other stuff already on them. Series in this case meaning having the circuit pass through a device as opposed to having the device attatched accross a circuit
The whole term "circuit" is a little vague. It depends on if you're talking about light bulbs or stereo speakers or resonant oscillators.
2006-10-15 03:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Imagine flashlights. Have you seen the really long Maglite flashlights that emergency personnel use? They have a lot of batteries stacked in there. The batteries are stacked in series, and stacked up like that they can shove the electric current through a higher voltage light bulb, making a lot more light. They might operate on 6 volts or more, because they'll have at least 4 batteries at 1.5 volts each. A household flashlight may only have 2 batteries stacked, producing only 3 volts.
2006-10-14 17:07:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you connect 20 12 volt light bulbs in series, they'll run off 240 volts. A useful consideration when rigging up decorative lighting. If you want to use more than 20 bulbs, then just connect up a whole lot of 240 volt bulb series lighting circuits in parallel.
2006-10-14 17:11:15 · answer #7 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Under certain conditions you require a series circuit like the one used in xmax tree but in other conditions parallel circuit are required. I think we cannot compare the both
2016-03-18 07:48:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋