Foundations — Series and parallel resistance
1.8.17 · D1· Physics › Electromagnetism › Series and parallel resistance
Pehle aap parent note Series and parallel resistance padh sako, har letter aur symbol ka koi physical matlab hona chahiye tumhare liye. Yeh page har ek ko zero se build karta hai, ek aisi order mein jahan har idea pehle waale par lean karta hai.
1. Charge — woh cheez jo flow karti hai
Picture: imagine karo ek pipe jo countless chhote marbles se bhari hai. Marbles hi charge hain. Abhi yeh nahi keh rahe ke woh move karte hain — abhi ke liye woh bas wahan baithe hain, ready.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: bina kisi cheez ke flow ke, "resistance" ke paas kuch resist karne ko nahi hoga. Charge actor hai; baaki sab describe karta hai ki yeh kaise behave karta hai.

2. Current — charge kitni tez flow karti hai
"Amount" ki jagah rate kyun? Kyunki circuits flow ke baare mein hain. "Wire mein kitna charge hai" poochna aise hai jaise "river mein kitna paani hai" poochna — useful nahi. Jo matter karta hai woh hai "har second is jagah se kitna guzarta hai", bilkul litres per second ki tarah river mein. Isliye hum charge ko time se divide karte hain: division ek total ko flow mein badal deta hai.
Picture: count karo ek second mein kitne marbles pipe ke across kheenchi gayi chalk line se guzarte hain. Woh count hi current hai. Mota, tez stream = bada ; patli, dheemi trickle = chhota .
3. Voltage — push
"Difference" kyun? Paani neeche flow karta hai kyunki ek end upar hota hai doosre se — yeh difference in height matter karta hai, absolute height nahi. Voltage usi height difference ka electrical version hai. Battery ek pump hai jo paani ko waapis upar uthata hai, apne terminals par ki permanent "waterfall" maintain karta hai.
Picture: ek tilted pipe. Jitna zyada tilt (bada ), utna zyada marbles ko dhakka.

4. Resistance — obstacle
Picture: pipe mein ek narrow, gritty choke. Same tilt (voltage) ke liye, ek tighter choke har second fewer marbles jaane deta hai (kam current). Woh "tightness" hi hai.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: poora chapter in chokes ko combine karne aur poochne ke baare mein hai "kaunsa ek choke poore set jaisa behave karta hai?" Yeh tab tak nahi pooch sakte jab tak ka clear matlab na ho.
5. Ohm's law — push, flow, aur obstacle ko saath baandhna
Yeh kyun chahiye: yeh teen quantities ke beech bridge hai. Koi bhi do diya ho, teesra mil jaata hai. Parent note mein har single derivation ek resistor ke liye likhne se shuru hoti hai. Poori kahani padho Ohm's Law par.
Picture: tilted-pipe-with-a-choke. Steeper tilt () zyada marbles har second dhakelta hai (). Tighter choke () unhe rok ta hai (). Ohm's law bas woh do arrows hain jo ek equation ki tarah likhi gayi hain.
6. Nodes, junctions, aur do Kirchhoff rules
Yeh distinction series aur parallel mein farq batane ka poora secret hai, isliye hum ise visual banate hain.

Do laws kyun? Yeh do alag sawaalon ke jawaab dete hain jo topic baar baar poochta hai:
- KCL govern karta hai current kaise share hoti hai → parallel rule deta hai.
- KVL govern karta hai voltage kaise share hoti hai → series rule deta hai.
Poori derivations Kirchhoff's Laws mein hain. Yahan bas pictures pakad lo: marbles fork par conserved hote hain (KCL), tilt ek loop mein start tak waapis jodta hai (KVL).
7. Formulas ki notation padhna
Parent note ke boxed results samajhne se pehle, teen shorthand pieces:
Recall Parallel mein
kyun add hota hai, nahi? Zyada side-by-side pipes = marbles ke liye zyada room = aasaan flow ::: isliye jo cheez badhti hai woh easiness () hai, matlab total kisi bhi single pipe se chhota nikalta hai.
8. Prerequisite map
Quick sanity example
Equipment checklist
Test karo khud ko — right side cover karo. Agar koi line fuzzy lage, toh uska section upar se dobara padho.
Charge kya hai aur uska unit kya hai?
Current kya measure karta hai, aur uska unit?
Voltage hamesha "do points ke beech" kyun hoti hai?
Resistance ka physically kya matlab hai?
Ohm's law teen tareekon se batao.
Node kya hai, aur yeh kyun matter karta hai?
KCL kya kehta hai aur kahan use hota hai?
KVL kya kehta hai aur kahan use hota hai?
ka kya matlab hai?
Conductance kya hai aur parallel mein ise kyun add karte hain?
ka kya matlab hai?
Connections
- Ohm's Law — §5 mein build hua bridge.
- Kirchhoff's Laws — §6 ke KCL/KVL poori detail mein.
- Resistivity and Resistance — ek single kahan se aata hai ().
- EMF and Internal Resistance — ek real battery ki apni resistance series mein hoti hai.
- Wheatstone Bridge — networks jo na pure series hain na parallel.
- Power in Circuits — jab aur pata ho, power milti hai ().