Parallel Circuit Wiring Diagram

In a parallel circuit the electrical current flows along several paths and each individual device is hooked up to its own circuit.

Parallel circuit wiring diagram.

Components of an electrical circuit or electronic circuit can be connected in series parallel or series parallel. The advantage to a parallel circuit is that if one device malfunctions the flow of electricity will not stop as it will in a series circuit. Looking at the schematic diagram we see that points 1 2 3 and 4 are all electrically common. The two simplest of these are called series and parallel and occur frequently.

More size of cable and wire is used in parallel lighting wiring circuit. So are points 8 7 6 and 5. Individual devices merely tap into the main circuit loop much the way freeway ramps. The parallel wiring design is more complex as compare to series wiring.

In actually wiring the led lights from berkeley point as long as the red leads from the lights are connected to a wire that goes directly to the positive side of the power supply and the black leads are connected to a wire that goes directly to the negative side you have wired. A parallel circuit is also a closed circuit where the current divides into two or more paths before coming back together to complete the full circuit. More current needed when additional light bulb added in the parallel circuit. Components connected in series are connected along a single conductive path so the same current flows through all of the components but voltage is dropped lost across each of the resistances.

Note that all resistors as well as the battery are connected between these two. Here the wiring is configured so that each device is in constant contact with the main circuit pathway.