Today we did Electricity Circuits individual,Series,And parallel Circuits in practical class. I created a Series circuit on the boards using a battery source,a light bulb switch and wires. I measured the available voltage using a voltmeter..What i found was that as the voltage passes through the different components the voltage starts to drop slightly..the most voltage drop occured at the terminal after the light bulb and at the negative of 12v supply.this is because the bulb is the consumer it uses the most volts..Terms I Learnt:
Available Voltage:
Is voltage that is available for a consumer to use...We can use a multi meter to do this, by putting black lead from multi meter to ground and red lead to point where we want to measure.
Voltage Drop:
Is how much voltage has been taken by each components (consumers) in a circuit. We use a multi meter and by placing both leads on either side of component.
Series Circuit: Is a circuit with 1 conducting pathway
Parallel Circuit: Is a circuit with 2 or more conducting pathways
Compound Circuit: Circuit which within is a combination of both series and parallel circuits.
In a series circuit, the voltage is shared between all components, the amps remain the same throughout the circuit. The total voltage is the sum of the voltage through each component.
In a parallel circuit voltage remains the same at each component.but amps are shared through each component. Thus the total current is the sum of the currents through each component.
In a parallel circuit voltage remains the same at each component.but amps are shared through each component. Thus the total current is the sum of the currents through each component.
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