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Series circuit, any electrically conducting pathway comprising an electric circuit along which the whole current flows through each component. The total current in a series circuit is equal to the current through any resistor in the series.
A series circuit is a simple electrical circuit that only has one path for current to flow through. If you follow a series circuit from one side to the other you will pass through all of the different components without any branches.
What are Series and Parallel Circuits? In a series circuit, all components are connected end-to-end to form a single path for current flow. In a parallel circuit, all components are connected across each other with exactly two electrically common nodes with the same voltage across each component.
In a series circuit, electrical components are connected in a single, continuous loop. This means that the current (the flow of electric charge) has only one path to take. If any part of the circuit is broken or a component fails, the entire circuit stops working, just like those Christmas lights.
In a series circuit, all components are connected end-to-end to form a single path for current flow. The total resistance in a series circuit is equal to the sum of the individual resistors, and the total voltage drop is equal to the sum of the individual voltage drops across those resistors.
A Series Circuit is one of the fundamental electric circuits. It is simply a back-to-back connection of all the components so that there is only one path for the current to flow. We saw the basic series circuit using light bulbs and resistors and also the characteristics of series circuits.
We got to know what are series circuits and the set of rules that define it and with this, we will go further to discuss the series combinations in ‘Resistors’, ‘Capacitors’, and ‘Inductors’.