2-wire led light wiring diagram

This guide will look at Series and Parallel Circuits and the benefits and downsides associated with each. By wiring your circuit in either one or other of these configurations you can fundamentally change how it operates, so it's important to understand the differences to ensure your system works as intended. 

Series Circuits

A circuit wired in series is often used when you want to 'daisy chain' items.

This type of circuit is sometimes referred to as 'current-coupled' because the total current will pass through every component in the circuit.

Wire led lights in series or parallel

This type of circuit only has one path, the result of which is that by switching off the first component you will switch off power to any components after that in the circuit. A very familiar example of these circuits is old-fashioned Christmas tree lights.

When a bulb blew in the string of lights the circuit was broken, meaning the whole cluster would not work unit the blown bulb was changed and the current could pass through the bulb again. 

In series circuits the current

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