series

Cards (4)

  • Series Circuits characteristics
    • Closed circuit
    • Current only follows a single path
    • The current is the same everywhere
    • Total Resistance = R1 + R2 + ...
  • Series Circuit
    • Components are connected end to end
    • All the current flows through all the components
    • Can only switch them all off at once
    • Potential difference is shared across the whole circuit
    • PD of power supply = sum of PD across each component
    • Current is the same through all parts of the circuit
    • Current at one point = current at any other point
    • Total Resistance is the sum of the resistance in each component
    • Resistance of two components is bigger than just one of them, because the charge has to push through both of them when flowing round the circuit
  • in a series circuit current is the
    same
  • in series circuit potential difference is distributed
    equally