{"id":2143,"date":"2020-10-20T20:39:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T20:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2143"},"modified":"2021-08-29T01:10:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T01:10:32","slug":"series-circuit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/series-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Series Circuit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2143\" class=\"elementor elementor-2143\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8a689e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8a689e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e066b58\" 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jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/introduction-to-electricity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is electricity?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2170 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/static-electricity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Static Electricity?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2169 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/current-electricity\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Current Electricity?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2168 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/insulation-and-conduction\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Conduction and Insulation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2167 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/electrical-circuit\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Electrical Circuit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2166 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/series-circuit\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Series Circuit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2165 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/parallel-circuit\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Parallel Circuit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2164 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/short-circuit\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Short Circuit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2172 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/circuit-protection\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Circuit Protection<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb53d45 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A series circuit is one that has more than one resistor but only one path through which the electricity (electrons) flows. From one end of the cell (battery), the electrons move along one line with no branches, through the resistors, to the other end of the cell. All the components in a series circuit are connected end-to-end.<\/p><p>A <b>resistor<\/b> in a circuit is anything that uses some of the power from the cell. In the example below, the resistors are the bulbs. In a series circuit, the components are arranged in a line, one after the other.<\/p><p>Take a look at the diagram below:<br \/>The schematic drawing is a better way to draw a series circuit.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_2222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2222\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2222\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/diagram-of-series-circuit-for-kids.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram of a series circuit.\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/diagram-of-series-circuit-for-kids.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/diagram-of-series-circuit-for-kids-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of a series circuit.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Each time there is damage (break) in any one of the resistors, the entire circuit will not function. For example, if one light bulb goes out, all the other lights will go off because the electricity path in the broken bulb is cut-off.<br \/>Do you put Christmas lights on the trees at home during Christmas? If the lights are in a series circuit, one burned-out bulb will keep all the lights off. That is one disadvantage of series circuits. One advantage though is that you will always know if there is a break in a series circuit.<\/p><p>If there are many bulbs in a circuit with a battery (cell), the light will likely be dimmer. 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