The Basics of Parallel Circuits

Last month's column covered the behavior of electrical components connected in series and demonstrated that when a voltage is applied across a series circuit, the current through each component is the same. However, you'll often come across components connected in parallel, a configuration that changes the behavior of the circuit and the currents that flow through each component.

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