Working principles
- Voltage across a resistor generates a current.
- Current flows through the path of the least resistance.
- Resistors can be combined in series and parallel configurations.
Applicable formulas
For two resistors in parallel with different values:
If two resistances or impedances in parallel are of the same value, their equivalent resistance is half the value of one resistor, or R/2. For three equivalent resistors in parallel: R/3, and so on.
Experiment
- Calculate the equivalent impedance for the combined resistors. What will be the total current shared by the resistor network? What will be the current in each resistor branch?