Blogpost #23

This week, we learned that our homes are routed in parallel circuits. This means that voltage is the same across the entire circuit, but current is different at different resistors. Although parallel circuits require more energy, it allows every light fixture to shine its brightest even if another light fixture is turned on, as shown above. However, a series circuit does not have the same voltage throughout the circuit but has one current ("one path, one current"). If my house was routed in series, every time I turned on another light fixture, each one would become dimmer.