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Diodes only allow the current to travel in one direction, they are often used to prevent current leakage from one point to another, "basically the current can back up and go into other parts of the circuit without the diode. If a Diode is placed in Series with a circuit it will only allow the current to flow in one direction. For instance in Power supplies that convert AC electricity to DC they use a special diode Called a bridge Rectifier, Basically it used 4 Diodes in series to smooth out and condition the power so that when it comes out it is only Positive and Negative
Diodes are also Half wave, meaning that only half of an AC cycle will come out the result is an Oscillating DC. So when a Diode is in Parallel with a component it is either Bypassing that component in one direction or it is disallowing the current to flow Backward on the component..
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Types of electrical circuit?
Series and parallelImproved AnswerThere are four categories of circuit: series, parallel, series-parallel, and complex. 'Complex' is a 'catch-all', used to describe circuits that are not series, parallel, or series-parallel. An example of a 'complex' circuit is a Wheatstone Bridge circuit.
The rules of connecting voltmeter and ammeters in the circuit?
Connect ammeter in series and voltmeter in parallel to the circuit
What is a combination circuit?
It was mentioned that there are two different ways to connect two or more electrical devices together in a circuit. They can be connected by means of series connections or by means of parallel connections. When all the devices in a circuit are connected by series connections, then the circuit is referred to as a series circuit. When all the devices in a circuit are connected by parallel connections, then the circuit is referred to as a parallel circuit. A third type of circuit involves the dual use of series and parallel connections in a circuit; such circuits are referred to as compound circuits or combination circuits. The circuit depicted at the right is an example of the use of both series and parallel connections within the same circuit. In this case, light bulbs A and B are connected by parallel connections and light bulbs C and D are connected by series connections. This is an example of a combination circuitBy EngineerMuhammad Zaheer Meer GMS
Each branch in a parallel circuit may hold several resistors yes or no?
No. What you are describing is a series-parallel circuit, not a parallel circuit.
What is a circuit called that has componets in series plus componets in parallel?
Series - parallel circut
