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Title: how do you calculate a series parallel circuit including voltage loss through the lines and resistors?
Post by: lexy0108 on Sep 5, 2012
how do you calculate a series parallel circuit including voltage loss through the lines and resistors?


Title: how do you calculate a series parallel circuit including voltage loss through the lines and resistors?
Post by: RJW on Sep 5, 2012
Use of ohms law, and laws of series and parallel resistors.

eg, voltages add in series, current is the same.

In parallel, voltage is the same, currents add.

Can't be more specific without a specific example.

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Title: how do you calculate a series parallel circuit including voltage loss through the lines and resistors?
Post by: $abood$ on Sep 5, 2012
You solve it piecemeal.   The voltage across parallel components is the same.   The current through series components is the same.  The effective resistance of two resistors in parallel is
(R1xR2)/(R1+R2)

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