How Do You Calculate Voltage Drops Across Resistors?
To pass electronic technician certification tests and to be able effectively fix electronic circuits, electronics students need to be able to calculate voltage drops across resistors. If you want to become an electrician, to get licensed, you will have to solve problems that involve calculating the voltage drop across a resistor and across resistive wires. But those are not the only ones who need this knowledge. Scientists, electrical engineers and even mechanical engineers often will have to calculate voltage drops across resistors. Determine the voltage supply that powers the circuit. All resistors in electronic circuits are attached to a power supply, such as a battery. The higher the voltage level of the power supply that powers the resistors, the higher the current through the resistors and the higher the voltage drop across the resistors. Determine the topology of the resistive circuit. Resistors are arranged in two basic types of topologies: the series circuit and the parallel c
