This is because current continues to flow along remaining paths in the circuit. Switches can be added to a parallel circuit to turn components on and off. The position of switches in parallel ...

Capacitors in AC circuits are also out of phase, but for a different reason. Let's look at a circuit with only an alternating voltage source and a capacitor. When the current flows in one ...

We talk about electrical current — just like current in a stream. Many introductory books on electricity try to relate voltage to water pressure, electric current to water flow, and resistance ...

or AC, which, depending on the supply's frequency, switches direction 50 or 60 times per second, the current in DC circuits flows only in one direction. The electrons, which make up the electric ...