CIRCUIT AND

CONNECTION
 CIRCUIT
IS INTERCONNECTION OF COMPONENTS
TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRICAL PATH
BETWEEN TWO OR MORE COMPONENTS.
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TYPES OF CIRCUITS
OPEN CIRCUIT- A TYPE OF CIRCUIT WERE THE FLOW OF
CURRENT IS CUT OFF.
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CLOSED CIRCUIT- CIRCUIT HAVING A COMPLETE PATH FOR

CURRENT FLOW.
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GROUNDED CIRCUIT- CIRCUIT HAVING AN INTENTIONAL
OR ACCIDENTAL CONNECTION BETWEEN LINE 1 AND LINE
2.
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SHORT CIRCUIT- (ALSO CALLED A SHORT) LOW RESISTANCE

CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO POINTS IN A CIRCUIT TYPICALLY
CAUSING EXCESSIVE CURRENT.
 KINDS OF CIRCUITS

1. SERIES CIRCUIT
• CIRCUIT IN WHICH THE COMPONENTS ARE CONNECTED END TO END SO
THAT CURRENT HAS ONLY ONE PATH TO FOLLOW THROUGH TO THE CIRCUIT.
• CONTAINING ONLY ONE PATH FOR CURRENT FLOW, THE CURRENT LEAVES
THE VOLTAGE SOURCE, AND MUST TRAVEL THROUGH A SINGLE PATH TO
RETURN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VOLTAGE SOURCE.
• SERIES CIRCUIT MAY HAVE ONLY ONE OR SEVERAL LOADS IN IT, BUT THERE
IS STILL ONLY ONE PATH FOR CURRENT FLOW.
 LAWS OF SERIES CIRCUIT

THREE BASIC LAWS THAT DESCRIBE THE BEHAVIOR OF A SERIES CIRCUIT

• THE INDIVIDUAL RESISTANCE IN A SERIES CIRCUIT ADDS UP TO THE
TOTAL CIRCUIT RESISTANCE.
• THE CURRENT HAS THE SAME VALUE AT ANY POINT WITHIN A
SERIES CIRCUIT.
• THE INDIVIDUAL VOLTAGE ACROSS THE LOAD IN A SERIES CIRCUIT
ADD UP TO THE TOTAL VOLTAGE APPLIED TO THAT CIRCUIT.
2. PARALLEL CIRCUIT
• A PARALLEL CIRCUIT IS A CIRCUIT WHERE THERE IS
MORE THAN ONE PATH FOR THE CURRENT TO FLOW
THROUGH.
• LAWS OF PARALLEL CIRCUIT
 THE THREE LAWS STATED BRIEFLY ARE:

• THE TOTAL VOLTAGE OF A PARALLEL CIRCUIT IS THE SAME

ACROSS EACH BRANCH OF THAT CIRCUIT.
• THE TOTAL CURRENT IN A PARALLEL CIRCUIT IS EQUAL TO THE
SUM OF THE INDIVIDUAL BRANCH CURRENT.
• THE TOTAL RESISTANCE IN A PARALLEL CIRCUIT IS ALWAYS
LESS APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE VALUE OF THE
SMALLEST RESISTIVE BRANCH.
3. SERIES PARALLEL CIRCUIT
THIS CIRCUIT CONSIST OF A NUMBER OF MINOR CIRCUIT THAT ARE
CONNECTED IN SERIES WHILE OTHER PARTS OF THE CIRCUIT ARE
CONNECTED IN PARALLEL OR A SERIES-PARALLEL CIRCUIT WHICH
COMPRISE A SERIES CONNECTION OF A NUMBER OF MULTIPLE
CIRCUIT.
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