A Physics qusetion - What's the difference between paparllel and series connection?

Question

What's the difference between paparllel and series connection?

Answer 1

A parallel connection has the same VOLTAGE across every element of it. Different electrons, ie. different CURRENT will flow through each element. You can look at it like multiple windows all facing the same direct light different light goes through each window.. A parallel connection is a CURRENT divider.

A series connection has the same CURRENT through every element of it. The same current, ie. the same electrons will pass through each element. It is as if you took multiple windows and put them one after the other, the same light passes through each window. A series connection is a VOLTAGE divider.

Answer 2

The lamps in your house are connected in parallel. The wiring supplies an equal voltage to all of them, and any one can be turned on or off without affecting the others. Some holiday light strings (especially the ones with the smallest bulbs) are connected in series; removing any one bulb will stop the flow of current and all of them will go out. The bulbs in such strings often have an arrangement so that if the filament burns out, the bulb turns into a short circuit, the one bulb is dark but the rest of them stay lit, slightly more brightly. Such strings are equipped with a fuse in the plug so that if many bulbs short out, the current flow is interrupted before an overcurrent condition might cause a fire.

Answer 3

Well parallel is when you connect the elements (usually resistors) with all their tips at one point and all their ends at another point. This makes the voltage across all the elements the same and their currents must add up to the total current. Series is when you put them in a line, end to tip, end to tip and so on. This means that they all have the same current, and it is their voltages that must add to make the total voltage.

Answer 4

Parallel connections are made bu connedtions of like poles together such as politive to positive and negative to negative and series is when opposite poles are connected.

Answer 5

if it in parallel, a bulb can still function even if another bulb has fused. but if its in series, when a bulb has fused, another bulb will not light up too because the whole connection is broken

Answer 6

parallel connection- voltage is constant
series connection-current constant

Answer 7

one is at angels and one at curves?
so back at ya-
if heat rises why is there snow on mountains?

Answer 8

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