[resolved] super beginner: Current in parallel circuits
Hello,
I think I'm having a conceptual error on this, and I have verified that the currents are the same on my breadboard, but I don't know how it's possible.
I have a 6Vdc power source (4 x 1.5V batteries), and two resistors parallel to each other and to the battery pack. Both resistors are 100Ω. I know that the voltage across both resistors would be 6Vdc and obviously the resistance would of both resistors will stay the same.
So, using Ohm's law, I can calculate that the current across R1 is 0.06A (6V / 100Ω) and the current would be the same for R2 (since it has the same resistance).
So my question is, how can the the current be the same across both resistors? Wouldn't this violate energy laws? For example, what if I had 5,000 leds of equal resistance in parallel with each other. Obviously, 6V wouldn't light them all, but why wouldn't it, if the voltage drop and current running through each one of them is the same (equal power).
Thank you so much in advance.
Hello,
I think I'm having a conceptual error on this, and I have verified that the currents are the same on my breadboard, but I don't know how it's possible.
I have a 6Vdc power source (4 x 1.5V batteries), and two resistors parallel to each other and to the battery pack. Both resistors are 100Ω. I know that the voltage across both resistors would be 6Vdc and obviously the resistance would of both resistors will stay the same.
So, using Ohm's law, I can calculate that the current across R1 is 0.06A (6V / 100Ω) and the current would be the same for R2 (since it has the same resistance).
So my question is, how can the the current be the same across both resistors? Wouldn't this violate energy laws? For example, what if I had 5,000 leds of equal resistance in parallel with each other. Obviously, 6V wouldn't light them all, but why wouldn't it, if the voltage drop and current running through each one of them is the same (equal power).
Thank you so much in advance.
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