Timeline for Thevenin equivalent circuit with external loop
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| Apr 24, 2018 at 12:05 | comment | added | Meenie Leis | Ground is whatever node you choose as reference to define voltage of all Other nodes in ckt. Here it is the negative terminal of battery. We used that point as the reference through out our analysis. | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 20:51 | comment | added | sangstar | But how do I know where ground is for this circuit? | |
| Apr 22, 2018 at 14:01 | comment | added | Meenie Leis | Move from ground to the node at which you want to calculate the voltage. You can take any relevant path which reach you there. | |
| Apr 22, 2018 at 13:59 | comment | added | Meenie Leis | You can choose any path. I chose the path through R2. You can choose R1 path too. You will get same answer. | |
| Apr 21, 2018 at 23:51 | comment | added | sangstar | Thanks for this. When you found the Thevenin voltage, why did you find it with 2.1 + IR_2? How did you know to take that route to find the open circuit voltage? | |
| Apr 21, 2018 at 20:55 | history | answered | Meenie Leis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |