EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE

Divine Grace Santos

2023 University of Santo Tomas

Electrical Engineering Department
Outline

BASIC CONCEPT OF RESISTANCE

SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS

WHAT IS EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE?

EXAMPLES AND CALCULATIONS

BASIC CONCEPT OF

RESISTANCE
is the measure of the amount of
current repulsion in a circuit. It uses
ohms (Ω) as its unit of
measurement.
WHAT IS

SERIES CIRCUIT
In a series circuit, resistors are
connected end-to-end, creating a
single path of current flow.
Current: same current flows through all resistors
Voltage: voltages in a series add up VAB=V1+V2+V3
WHAT IS

PARALLEL CIRCUIT
In a parallel circuit, resistors are
connected among common point

Current: Current splits into currents I1, I2, I3

I = I1+ I2+ I3
Voltage: Voltage drops across all three resistors are identical
VAB= V1= V2= V3
 SERIES PARALLEL

VOLTAGE Veq = V1 + V2 + V3 .... Veq = V1 = V2 = V3 ..

CURRENT Ieq = I1 = I2 = I3 .... Ieq = I1 + I2 + I3

EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE
Equivalent Resistance is the simplified value that
represents the total resistance of a complex circuit.

SERIES CIRCUIT PARALLEL CIRCUIT

 SERIES CIRCUIT V = V1 + V2 + V3
V = IR
V1 = IR1
V2 = IR2
V3 = IR3

putting the values of V1, V2 and V3

z

IR = IR1 + IR2 + IR3

IR = I (R1 + R2 + R3)
R = R1 + R2 +R3

Equivalent Resistance
 Ieq = I1 + I2 + I3
PARALLEL CIRCUIT

From ohm 's law

I=V/R
I1 = V / R1
I2 = V / R2
I3 = V / R3
z

putting the values of I1, I2 and I3

V / R = V / R1 + V / R2 + V / R3
V / R = V [1 / R1 + 1 / R2 + 1 / R3]
1 / R = 1 / R1 + 1 / R2 + 1 / R3

Equivalent Resistance
 SERIES CIRCUIT

Given: R1 = 4 Ω, R2 = 6 Ω, R3 = 8 Ω

Examples and Calculations

 PARALLEL CIRCUIT

Given: R1 = 4 Ω, R2 = 6 Ω, R3 = 8 Ω

Examples and Calculations

Thank You