How Do You Calculate Resistance Of Parallel Resistors?
In physics, resistance refers to the tendency of a substance to impede the flow of electrical current through it. Resistors are devices used in electric circuits that you can calibrate to produce specific amounts of resistance to electric current. You can arrange them in series, in which they are arrayed sequentially so that the current flows along a single path, or in parallel, in which the current is split up among several paths, with a resistor in each path. If resistors are placed in parallel, a simple formula provides the total amount of resistance that they produce. Calculate the reciprocal of the resistance of each of the parallel resistors. The reciprocal of a number is the result obtained by dividing 1 by that number. Thus, if you have three parallel resistors whose resistances are R1, R2 and R3, the reciprocals of their resistances will be 1/R1, 1/R2 and 1/R3, respectively. Add up the reciprocals of the resistances calculated above. In the above example, the sum of the recipr
