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This trick will make it easier to understand circuit diagrams

March 3, 2015 By Øyvind Nydal Dahl 2 Comments

Kircchoffs Law of VoltageI know this sounds boring but….

I had to write about it.

Because it’s important.

I am of course talking about «Kirchoff’s voltage law» ;)

After you have learned it, it’s not really something you use – it’s something you know. And it makes looking at and understanding circuit diagrams much easier.

The law says that if you sum all the voltage drops in a circuit – it equals the voltage of your voltage source in the circuit.

EXAMPLE:

You have a 9 volt battery connected to two resistors and a diode in series. If you measure the voltages over each of the components – the sum of them will be 9 volts.

There is no need to memorize the name of this law.

Just remember that this is how it is.

Feel free to try it out.

If you need a kick in the butt to get started building circuits – not just read about them – then I highly recommend you check out my eBook «Getting Started With Electronics»:

https://www.build-electronic-circuits.com/products/ebook-2nd-edition/

Keep on Soldering!
Oyvind

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  1. kizito says

    March 17, 2015

    i appreciate your work but i would like to recieve daily email but am not recieving any thing in my mail box to confirm my email please help. thanks

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    • admin says

      March 17, 2015

      Hey, if you have entered your email and not gotten the confirmation email, then check your spam folder or try to do it again.

      Cheers!
      Oyvind

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