Electrical Circuits
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SERIES
PARALLEL CIRCUIT
A series-parallel circuit has some components in series and others in
parallel. The power source and control or protection devices are usually
in series; the loads are usually in parallel. The same current flows
in the series portion, different currents in the parallel portion. The
same voltage is applied to parallel devices, different voltages to series
devices. If the series portion is broken, current stops flowing in the
entire circuit. If a parallel branch is broken, current continues flowing
in the series portion and the remaining branches.
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