Knowing The Differences In Series And Parallel Series, Along With Practical Examples

YOGYAKARTA - Differences in series and parallel electricity series are an important basis in understanding electricity. These two types of circuits have different ways of working, current, and voltage, thus affecting the performance of electronic devices in everyday life.

By understanding the characteristics of each series helping to choose the right configuration, both for experiments, home installations, and daily electronic devices.

Reporting from The Spruce page, before knowing the difference between series and parallel series, you must know the explanations of each series, here is the explanation:

The series series is a series of electricity where the components are arranged sequentially in one path. If one component is damaged or cut off, then the whole series will shut down and all devices stop functioning.

Series series is rarely used in house installations. Usually it is used on ornamental lights such as Christmas lights or garden lights because if one sickle breaks, the entire series of lights will go out.

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A parallel series is a closed electrical circuit where each device is connected directly to the main line. So, even if one device is damaged, another device can still work because the electricity is still flowing.

Parallel series are more commonly used than series. Home electricity installations such as sockets, switches, and lights usually use parallel series to make them safer and more reliable.

A parallel series is formed by connecting additional cables (pigtails) from the main lane to the device, such as a stop contact or light. In this way, the electricity continues to the next device even if one of the contact stops is damaged.

The easy way to understand the difference between the two is with the parable of a road. Parallel series such as toll roads with many entrances and exits; if one path is disturbed, the other path remains smooth.

Meanwhile, series series are like a circular road with a bridge where if a bridge is damaged, the entire road will be cut off.

In the installation of houses, almost all series are made parallel. However, series series series is still used in special conditions, for example at the GFCI (Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter) contact stop.

If GFCI is installed at the beginning of the line, another connected contact stop will be protected afterwards. However, if GFCI is damaged, all stop contacts will eventually die. Thus, the difference between these two series can be concluded as follows:

The series of series can be recognized when the damage to one device causes the other device to be connected afterwards. For example, if the GFCI installed at the start of the path is damaged, then all the devices after that also don't work.

Basically, the voltage in series and parallel series is both channeled from the source of electricity. The difference is, the series of voltage series is divided into each component, while in parallel series each device gets full voltage from the source.

Series series is easier to install because the incoming cable is directly connected to the device (for example a stop contact), then the outgoing cable is also directly connected. Meanwhile, parallel series requires additional connection (pigtail) and cable pinning (nutwire). Therefore, the cost of installing series series is slightly cheaper.

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