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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Co

0.24

1.20

SERIES AND PARALLEL CONNECTION

m.v
OF RESISTOR

By

1.44

0.01

0.01

0.01

alue

240

Erroll Jenard J. Ocampo

table 1

Introduction
The Components of an electrical
circuit or electronic
circuit can
be
connected in many different ways. The two
simplest
of
these
are
called series and parallel and
occur
frequently. Components connected in series
are connected along a single path, so the
same current flows through all of the
components. Components connected in
parallel
are
connected,
so
the
same voltage is
applied
to
each
component. A circuit composed solely of
components connected in series is known
as a series circuit; likewise, one connected
completely in parallel is known as a parallel
circuit. In a series circuit, the current
through each of the components is the
same, and the voltage across the circuit is
the sum of the voltages across each
component. In a parallel circuit, the voltage
across each of the components is the same,
and the total current is the sum of the
currents through each component.
Discussion
Consider
a
circuit
done
corresponding with figure 1 from the
manual, done with 3 resistors and a certain
value for EDC, this is defined as a series
circuit, and as for the computed values,
follow the rules applied to determine the
computed values for the data being
recorded that would have arrived for a
completed table 1. The same goes with
figure 2 only that this time it would be a
parallel circuit and would have a different
approach on how the computed values are
determined, this would complete table 2
which follows.

figure 1

EDC

figure 2

E1

E2

E3

0.26

1.21

1.44

Exp.
valu
e

I1

I2

I3

0.01

0.01

0.01

RT

240

EDC

E1

E2

E3

I1

1.50

1.50

1.50

0.67

1.50

1.50

1.50

I2

I3

IT

RT

0.01

0.01

0.01

14.4

32

04

0.07

0.01

0.01

0.10

14.5

25

Exp.
valu
e
Co
m.v
alue
table 2

Synthesis
Comparing the experimental values
and computed values based on the
performed experiment, the rules on series
and parallel has been proven correct such
that if the components of the electrical
circuit are connected in series, the current
is the same in all parts and hence the same
reading and equivalent I, current, for each;
and the sum of the voltage is equal to the
applied voltage; lastly for the series
connection, the total resistance obtained by
adding together the values of the separate
resistances. However, if the components of
the electrical circuit are connected in
parallel, the sum of the currents is equal to
the circuit current; the source potential
drop is the same across each of the
resistors; and the total resistance differs
accordingly and this case required the
simple reciprocal of the total resistance is
equal to the reciprocal of the sum of the
resistors. But then again, percent errors
were able to take place, showing some
unequal values for such for the reason that
the equipment used was not precisely used
throughout the experiment.

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