MULTIPLE LOAD

CIRCUITS
 MULTIPLE LOAD CIRCUITS

 Those circuits which have two or

more loads.
 MULTIPLE LOAD CIRCUITS
SERIES
CIRCUIT

PARALLEL
CIRCUIT
 SERIES CIRCUITS
 It has two or more
loads but current flows
through a single
conducting path.
 PARALLEL CIRCUITS
 It has two or more
loads but current
flows in more than
one path.
 SERIES vs. PARALLEL
 If any of the circuit is  It allows operation of
open, current stops other loads even if one
flowing and voltage load fails.
and power removed
from all loads.
EQUATIONS ON
MULTIPLE LOAD
CIRCUITS
 SAMPLE PROBLEM
 A TV set, a stove and flat iron are connected in
series to a 220-V line. The resistance of the TV
set is 20 𝛺, the stove is 50 𝛺 and the flat iron is
35 𝛺. Find the following:
RT = 105 𝛺
a. The total resistance
b. The amount of current
IT = 2.10 A flowing in each
device.
c. TheV1 voltage drop across each device.
= 42V ; V2 = 105V; V3 = 73.5V
 SAMPLE PROBLEM
 A refrigerator and a rice cooker are
connected in parallel to a 220-V line. The
current in the refrigerator is 10-A and in
the rice cooker is 4-A. Find the following:
a. The resistance of each device R = 22 𝛺 ; R = 55 𝛺
1 2

b. The total resistance RT = 14.29 𝛺

c. The current flowing in the line IT = 14 A
ACTIVITY
Given this network;
find the following:
A.The combined
resistance
B.The total current