Calculate series and parallel resistor equivalence | Basic Electronics

Without getting into the math, we take a simple route to establish a more intuitive feeling of how resistors in parallel and resistors in series act. To increase overall resistance, you put resistors in series, to decrease overall resistance, you can put them in parallel. But there’s more to it than that! Give it a watch to familiarize yourself better with these concepts. Then check out the site to get more information and a written tutorial including the math: https://www.circuitbread.com/tutorials/parallel-and-series-resistors

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Table of Contents:
0:12 Common Types of Resistor Configurations
0:22 Resistors in Series
0:38 Resistors in Parallel
0:59 Difference between Series and Parallel Resistors
1:30 How to Find the Series Equivalent Resistance
2:57 How to Find the Parallel Equivalent Resistance

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