circuit notation

[chiddler]

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does this mean 2x batteries? does this change anything at all compared to the single pair of lines?

 

[MedPR]

does this mean 2x batteries? does this change anything at all compared to the single pair of lines?

Attach image to SDN please!

 

[chiddler]

Attach image to SDN please!

dag nabbit!

 

[MedPR]

Yes, two batteries or two of any kind of EMF source. It doesn't change how you approach the problem. Since circuit elements in series have the same voltage, I think you can just add emf together. So if they tell you that each battery has an emf of 6v, your circuit has an emf of 12v.

 

[equinsu ocha]

Yes, two batteries or two of any kind of EMF source. It doesn't change how you approach the problem. Since circuit elements in series have the same voltage, I think you can just add emf together. So if they tell you that each battery has an emf of 6v, your circuit has an emf of 12v.

Elements in series have the same current, in parallel have the same voltage. Regardless, this symbol most likely is 2 emf sources (batteries) back to back, so yes you would add them together.

 

[MedPR]

Elements in series have the same current, in parallel have the same voltage. Regardless, this symbol most likely is 2 emf sources (batteries) back to back, so yes you would add them together.

Ah yea I meant to type series = current, parallel = voltage.

 

[chiddler]

thanks. it seems that i'm usually given this image with a single voltage anyway so i probably won't have to worry about that.