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How to Solve Any Series and Parallel Circuit Problem

Jesse Mason
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How do you analyze a circuit with resistors in series and parallel configurations? With the Break It Down-Build It Up Method! http://www.jesseleemason.com Music by Millish - Download our music (that's me on the acoustic guitar) at the iTunes Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mil... 0:00 INTRO: In this video we solve a combination series and parallel resistive circuit problem for the voltage across, current through and power dissipated by the circuit's resistors. 1:32 BREAK IT DOWN: We redraw the circuit in linear form to more easily identify series and parallel relationships. Then we combine resistors using equivalent resistance equations. After redrawing several times we end up with a single resistor representing the equivalent resistance of the circuit. We then apply Ohm's Law to this simple (or rather simplified) circuit and determine the circuit current (I-0 in the video). 7:36 BUILD IT UP: Retracing our redraws, we determine the voltage across and current through each resistor in the circuit using Ohm's Law. 12:51 POWER: After tabulating our solutions we determine the power dissipated by each resistor. ...more
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INTRO: In this video we solve a combination series and parallel resistive circuit problem for the voltage across, current through and power dissipated by the circuit's resistors.

0:00

BREAK IT DOWN: We redraw the circuit in linear form to more easily identify series and parallel relationships. Then we combine resistors using equivalent resistance equations. After redrawing several times we end up with a single resistor representing the equivalent resistance of the circuit. We then apply Ohm's Law to this simple (or rather simplified) circuit and determine the circuit current (I-0 in the video).

1:32

BUILD IT UP: Retracing our redraws, we determine the voltage across and current through each resistor in the circuit using Ohm's Law.

7:36

POWER: After tabulating our solutions we determine the power dissipated by each resistor.

12:51
How to Solve Any Series and Parallel Circuit Problem
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2015Mar 31
How do you analyze a circuit with resistors in series and parallel configurations? With the Break It Down-Build It Up Method! http://www.jesseleemason.com Music by Millish - Download our music (that's me on the acoustic guitar) at the iTunes Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mil... 0:00 INTRO: In this video we solve a combination series and parallel resistive circuit problem for the voltage across, current through and power dissipated by the circuit's resistors. 1:32 BREAK IT DOWN: We redraw the circuit in linear form to more easily identify series and parallel relationships. Then we combine resistors using equivalent resistance equations. After redrawing several times we end up with a single resistor representing the equivalent resistance of the circuit. We then apply Ohm's Law to this simple (or rather simplified) circuit and determine the circuit current (I-0 in the video). 7:36 BUILD IT UP: Retracing our redraws, we determine the voltage across and current through each resistor in the circuit using Ohm's Law. 12:51 POWER: After tabulating our solutions we determine the power dissipated by each resistor.

INTRO: In this video we solve a combination series and parallel resistive circuit problem for the voltage across, current through and power dissipated by the circuit's resistors.

0:00

BREAK IT DOWN: We redraw the circuit in linear form to more easily identify series and parallel relationships. Then we combine resistors using equivalent resistance equations. After redrawing several times we end up with a single resistor representing the equivalent resistance of the circuit. We then apply Ohm's Law to this simple (or rather simplified) circuit and determine the circuit current (I-0 in the video).

1:32

BUILD IT UP: Retracing our redraws, we determine the voltage across and current through each resistor in the circuit using Ohm's Law.

7:36

POWER: After tabulating our solutions we determine the power dissipated by each resistor.

12:51

Follow along using the transcript.

Jesse Mason

111K subscribers