Questions tagged [series]
In the case of an electronic circuit, series refers to components connected in such a way that current must pass through each in a single path.
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60A current drain on supercapacitors in series?
We have a project to build an RC car from scratch and are only allowed to use NiMH batteries, no LiPo. We're hoping to power the car with an EDF (https://hobbyking.com/en_us/durafly-vampire-v2-rcaf-...
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Why does current not increase when batteries are connected in parallel?
I built a simple circuit consisting of two battery holders each including x2 1.5 V batteries, a slide switch, a LED and a 100 ohm resistor.
The current I measured with a multimeter when the two ...
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24V supply run 12V 3014 LED strip in series; help with resistors for series
i need help with wiring up some pieces of a 12V LED strip in series to run on a 24V 150mA supply. i want to add resistors , to help keep the strings evenly balanced. i don’t know if it is necessary, ...
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Confused about proving series and parallel resistance equations
I am attempting to read through The Art of Electronics.In the early sections of The Art of Electronics the authors asks to prove the series and parallel equations. I am unsure where to start. I know ...
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When you connect two batteries in series, why doesn't the middle short?
When you connect two batteries in series, why doesn't the middle short? The connection between the positive terminal on one battery and the negative terminal on the other battery has no load, so ...
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Can I Connect Two Totally Different Transformers in Series?
I have 2 totally different toroidal transformers I want to put in series to make 75vac total. I have a decently large toroidal transformer in which I wound many, many turns of 10 gauge wire around. To ...
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Equivalent Impedance
I am unsure if I am approaching this problem in the most efficient and effective way. What changes can I make to my process of finding A and B? My next step was to turn into phase form so that I could ...
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Stove element as a resistor
I am wanting to use an inverter based TIG welder as a constant current power source for anodizing aluminum.
The main hurdle I suspect I will be facing is that the amperage of the welder may be ...
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Heat lost in ideal capacitor charging
If we use an ideal capacitor to charge another ideal capacitor, my intuition tells me no heat is generated since capacitors are just storage elements. It shouldn't consume energy.
But in order to ...
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Capacitor circuit simplification
I am unsure if I have simplified this circuit correctly, therefore I am unsure how to write Vo in terms of V1. Please let me know if I have simplified this correctly.
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Resistors in series and parallel conundrum
Three resistors of some resistance (ohms) are put in series and the measured total resistance is 24 ohm. Now, if the same three resistors are connected in parallel to each other and the total ...
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Is there a way to bypass a component in series in a circuit if that component fails?
Imagine a couple of speakers connected in series. Could there be a way to build such circuit with the ability to close the circuit if one component isn't working anymore? Like a different path that ...
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LED series-parallel and parallel-series combination circuit
I'm designing some LED strips to use to grow plants along a long wall. There will be hundreds of LEDs run by a constant-current high quality LED driver (Meanwell brand or similar). All the commercial ...
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Series connection of capacitors
I have some questions for the series connection of capacitors. It would be great if someone could help me get these.
What will happen for the below cases when you have 2 capacitors in series and 2 ...
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Electron transfer and thermal efficiency in series vs single battery?
If you have 10 batteries in series all generating 5W, does every battery in the series have the same temperature as a single battery drawing 5W? I have trouble visualizing how the electrons travel ...
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Thevenins Theorem
Can someone please help, I'm struggling with this circuit. I don't quite understand what I need to do, mainly with whats series and parallel. My tutor is not helpfull in the slightest! He' only given ...
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Possibilities for 24v Solar charging of 12v batteries in series and parallel with different Ah capacities
I have two 12 volt 200Ah lead acid batteries and two 12 volt 150 Ah lead-acid batteries. I have a 24 volt 50 Amp charge controller connected to a 150 watt PV panel (overkill for now, but ready for ...
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Resistor network - how do I reduce this?
How do I find the value of this resistor network. Is the 10 ohm resistor in parallel with the 20 ohm resistor? Is the 16 ohm resistor in parallel with the 5 and 20 ohm resistors in series?
I can't ...
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Resistor in series needed with LED string?
I have an adjustable 24VDC power supply.
I have 1W LEDs that I was planning on stringing 7 or 8 in series to get approximately 24V across all of them together. They are rated 3.3-3.8V each.
Do I need ...
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If the order of any component is altered in a series circuit, will the total voltage be affected?
I recently posed this question to someone. I always thought that the answer was simply no because of Kirchhoff's voltage law... However, their response was... "no, the voltage is not altered due to ...
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Series RL Circuit Transient Analysis
I have worked through a question and I am unsure if my answer is correct. It is a series RL circuit with a switch that closes at t=0, supplied by a dc source, which I am trying to derive an expression ...
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How do I combine 3 batteries in series and parallel with different outputs?
I'm looking to combine the 2 circuits shown in the picture below using a switch.(ON-OFF-ON)
I would like to keep the 12V output seperate from the 24V output.
This is to maximize efficiency when using ...
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Realizing 2 Resistors are in series in an RC circuit
I understand that when the switch is open, the capacitor acts like an open circuit & therefore the current in the capacitor branch would be equal to 0. When I solved the circuit using nodal ...
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Considering power loss in a simple series connection due to cable
A friend and I are struggling on a simple electricity exercise:
A heater is connected to a \$U = 230V\$ power network over a copper cable. The cable has a cross-section of \$A = 1.5mm^{2}\$ and a ...
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Connecting the primaries of two 110V transformers in series across 220V
I have 2 identical 110V primary transformers (plug packs but with a small transformer inside) for charging batteries in a pair of US made walkie talkies. Only issue is where I live now is 220V mains.
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Series voltage reference unstable with a series resistor
I am using the MAX6035 as a 5V reference that draws 5mA load current. To protect the input from transient spikes, I thought a simple resistor and zener diode circuit would work well. I noticed that ...
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Problem with adding two counters in series on an FPGA
I am using Verilog in Lattice Diamond IDE with a lattice MachXO2 7000HE breakout board.
I built a basic counter with a limit input which generates a variable period clock output. It works fine on its ...
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Current Transformers (CT's) wired in series for two meters or relays
I'm looking for a wiring diagram for the connection of two energy meters (or an energy meter and protection relay) in series to one set of 3 phase CT's, I've heard it can be done, is it S1 on the 1st ...
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Series voltage and voltage tester module
I have a question about battery tester module. I have in my hands a board that shows the capacity of a 3.7V 18650 LiPo, presumably by measuring voltage. It has 4 LEDs on it.
If I hook this up to ...
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Series circuit LED controlled by Arduino schematic question
I'm currently making a project with multiple series circuits to PWM control multiple LEDs. I have figured out how to make it work with a transistor, however I was curious if this way would work as ...
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Auto Fuse Tap Parallel or Series
Am looking to use a fuse tap to run a dash cam. These are instructions https://www.lumision.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Micro2-Fuse-Tap-Instructions-e1441486778366.jpg for a fuse tap and consistent ...
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Series or parallel tank circuit?
The secondary of a transformer with a cap connected across it - should it be considered as a parallel tank circuit or a series one? It looks like parallel, but in reality the voltage rises on it when ...
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Charging two 18650 batteries in series with a 5V USB wall charger?
I'm looking for a good and space-saving solution to charge two 18650 batteries in series.
The project is a small boombox, using an amplifier board that works with voltages between 4.5V to 25V. The ...
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how to wire together multiple photoresistors to make one big sensor?
I'm using an esp32 dev board, and a bunch of 5v laser diode emitters pointed an equal number of photocell resistors across a plane. The goal is only to detect when any two or more beams break at the ...
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Impossible to find the energy stored in an inductor without resistance and given a constant DC current source?
Here's my circuit:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
After doing some series and parallel inductor combining I get the value $$L_{eq}=20.8 mH$$
My question is, how ...
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Finding voltage across capacitor in series and parallel
Here's my circuit:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I want to find the voltage over the 20uF capacitor; however, what I come up with is 50V which does not seem ...
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Using relay contacts in series to switch DC loads
We are using relay DRM570110LT and We need to switch 3A @220VDC in the output when we have a DC load.
As the datasheet for this relay says, the rated switching current is 5 A, but I've been told this ...
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Elements' order in a circuit
I was reading about source transformations and came across an example where there was a change in the order of two series elements, is this always possible? The same for in parallel elements but that ...
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One resistor in series and two in parallel for LEDs
So I've read that using one resistor to limit current to two or more LED's in parallel is bad practice, so I wondered what about this kind of circuit:
Is this also bad practice?
Each LED has it's ...
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Leds in series with buzzer without resistor
So I'm pretty new at this, so I'm sorry for any dumb questions/statements.
I'm trying to build a puzzle box where you activate a circuit with a reed switch using a hidden magnet. Activating this ...
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Can I use 1N4148 diodes instead of a 1N4001 diode for reducing the speed of a 5V 1.8W fan?
Looking at this 1N4148 datasheet, it seems that the forward continuous current is 0.3A, thus 300 mA. So if I add two in series, I will get 600 mA.
I want to use diodes to reduce a 5V 1.8W fan speed. ...
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Struggling with Thevenin Equivalent Problem
I had asked this question before and thought I had found the help I needed, but unfortunately I found myself unable to solve the problem fully when I attempted it. The problem:
For the Thevenin ...
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How can batteries be in series?
If a battery looks like this: And a battery series looks like this:
How is it possible for electrons to go from the positive side of one battery to the negative side of another battery and then ...
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how to control power within a triangle automatically
I have two mains powered extract fans with sensor operated controllers.
I need to add a third extract fan that will run if either or both of the other two are on.
How do I wire this so to prevent ...
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How to split up voltages
I want to power up bluetooth receiver module (input voltage 3.7) and audio amplifier module which accepts only 2.4 - 3.7 voltage, exceeding which already burnt the IC. So i got new one. I'm having 2 x ...
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What is the Gain, Input and Output Impedence in this circuit?
So I'm trying to know what the input, output impedence and gain is in this circuit
To begin, I'm kind of confused since I don't know if those two resistors at the right are in series or in parallel.
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Wiring up a current limiting resistor with an IR LED burns of the LED
I have a 5V DC supply and i am trying to wire an IR led with a resistor in series to it. I have wired it up to a bread board as shown in the pic
The current limiting resistor value is ~ 216 Ohm.
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Doubt with current across several resistors (serie) and Resistor Power Rating
I have read that the current that flows across a circuit of several elements connected in serie is always the same but, as far as I understand, resistors consume current and disipates it in form of ...
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Can I sum up multiple, alternating series capacitors and resistors like this?
When the components are between each other, can I sum up multiple, alternating series capacitors and resistors like this? Thanks.
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Neglecting certain elements in deriving the current of a series RLC circuit
The current at resonance in a series RLC circuit is described in the bottom derivation, along with it being plugged into the formula for finding the voltage across the inductor in the circuitw:
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