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Why would it probably take more time to replace a burned out bulb in a string of lights that used a series circuit than in one that uses a parallel circuit?
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∙ 10y ago
They will both last for the same amount of time, assuming that the voltage across the individual bulbs is the same in each case. In both situations all of the battery's power Is being used, but In parallel, you can separately control the Individual loads that you put on the circuit with switches.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoBecause, in a series circuit, none of the lamps will be working so, unless it is obvious, you will have to check out everylamp until you find out which one has burnt out. Whereas, in a parallel circuit, only the burnt-out lamp will not work; all the others will be working normally.
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∙ 13y agothe would not and do not last longer
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How to Find the burn out light bulb on parallel series?
A burned out light bulb has high resistance - it is open - so, in a series circuit, it will have full supply voltage across it while the other bulbs in the circuit have zero volts. In a parallel circuit, just look and see which bulb is not lit.If you are talking about Christmas tree lights, however, they are generally designed to short out when they burn out, so that bulb goes dark while the others stay lit, even in a series circuit. The down side of that design is that the remaining bulbs will get brighter and hotter, and they will tend to burn out faster.
When would a parallel circuit work better than a series circuit?
Efficiency isn't the question. They just do different things. For example, if you look at a typical lighting circuit in a house, all the bulbs on a circuit are in parallel. They each have the same voltage across the bulbs. If you rewired this so that the bulbs were in series then the voltage would be divided across each bulb and if one bulb burned out the others in series would get no current and would not light. If you had two 60Watt bulbs in parallel in your house, each would draw 1/2 Amp. Add another bulb and it would draw 1/2 amp as well, for a total of three 60W bulbs drawing 1.5 amps from the power source. If the same three bulbs were in series there would be 40 Volts across each one with a current of 1/6 amps per bulb. Hence each bulb would be about 1/3 as bright as in the parallel circuit.
What is a sign of a short circuit?
A common sign of a short circuit is a blown fuse or a tripped breaker. Also visually seeing a burned wire and of course the smell of burned insulation all give an indication of a short circuit.
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What is bad about a series circuit?
In something like a lighting circuit, there are a couple of disadvantages to a series circuit. The first and most important is that all of the devices in the circuit must work. If you've ever dealt with Christmas tree lights you've seen the ones where one burned-out bulb kills the whole string. Second, the more bulbs in the circuit, the dimmer each one gets. But I think the worst one would be: you can't turn off any of the lights. If you turned one off, they'd all go out UNLESS you used a double-throw switch and a whole lot more wire so you could bypass any bulb you wanted to turn off. And when you did it, the lights that were still on would get brighter.One of the disadvantage of a series circuit is in trouble shooting, you have to check ALL the loads of the circuit. Christmas light is the best example.No advantage it is just a different What_are_the_disadvantages_in_using_a_series_circuitabove sample is lame because it will take as much time to find to open circuit in a parallel circuit.In a series circuit, all components receive current in a row, and if the circuit through one is broken then none of the others can receive it.In a series circuit any discontinuity of current flow will interrupt the rest of the circuit to operate.*the more components the circuit has, the greater its resistance is.*if just one component doesn't work, it opens the whole circuit.i lay on the groudn and pretend im a carrot sometimes.
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What is the difference between a series and a parallel circuit?
A series circuit has all its elements connected in a sequence so the same current flows through each the same while A parallel circuit has many paths for current to travel and more than one resistor, outlet or switch.An example for each would be Christmas lights. If you take out one light bulb on a series circuit all the lights will go out because of an uncomplete circuit. If it were parallel circuit the rest of the lights wouldn't go out because in a parallel circuit there is more than one path for the current to follow. This allows you to take one out without all the others turning off. It would save you alot of trouble on Christmas if one light burned out!A; No difference as far as a source is concerned it is load of different type
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What would happen if one of a set of light bulbs burn out in a parallel circuit?
It depends on the circuit. If it is a constant-current circuit, any light bulbs connected in parallel with it will become brighter. If it is a constant-voltage circuit like a typical household circuit, nothing will happen. Any connected in series with it will go out.
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What is a seris and a parrel circut?
in a series circuit current flows through each resistor or light bulb and if one item burns out the complete circuit goes dead such were the old fashioned xmas tree lights. They were wire in series and if one light burned out you had to test each light bulb til you found the one burned out to get the whole string to work again. In a parallel circuit each resistor, motor, light bulb has its own ground so if you lost one light in a circuit the rest of them continue to burn.
What happens to other lamps in a parallel circuit if one lamp burns out?
If one lamp in a parallel circuit burns out, the other lamps are unaffected because current still flows through them. Total current in the system is reduced by the loss of the burned out lamp, which will raise voltage ever so slightly. That will have the effect of brightening the other lamps, but that effect is inconsequential unless there is significant impedance in the source or in the path to the lamps.
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