Series & Parallel - Potential Divider Circuits - GCSE & A-level Physics

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    00:00 Resistors in series
    02:20 Resistors in parallel
    04:45 Resistor combination example
    06:34 Potential divider
    10:18 Example using thermistor -
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      Pavan Rai my teacher gives us questions to do but never properly teach the content

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    @cheesenpickles1241 Год назад

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  • @kevvonkev
    @kevvonkev 5 лет назад +1

    can you explain potential deviders in terms of current, the video was amazing!

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    ive been struggling to get my head around the meaning/"roles" of each element in electricity, (especially how p.d. interacts with current) in an intuitive way not just through equations, the explanation of "higher resistance means its harder for electrons to pass through therefore they need more energy" really helped, idk how its never been explained to me this way before 😅 electricity has been the bain of my existence, i'll stick to mechanics thanks 😭

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  • @swapnanilde7736
    @swapnanilde7736 4 года назад

    Nice vid - anything about variable potential dividers would be a useful addition.

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  • @elliewhiter
    @elliewhiter 6 лет назад +7

    Really useful. Could you do some more videos where you talk through A level electricity problems?

    • @hillybilly3028
      @hillybilly3028 6 лет назад +1

      Ellie Whiter Yeah i am also trying to find those videos

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      @Berna--gg7xs 6 лет назад +1

      DrPhysicsA tends to do more videos on the maths solutions for most topics

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    @hi44098 6 лет назад

    Thank you for the video

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    Thank you soo much!

  • @oscarpoll4324
    @oscarpoll4324 4 года назад

    Slight mistake at 9:31 (in case you didnt know), you said total resistance instead of total voltage. Thanks a lot for these great videos!

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    @williamstephenjones3863 2 года назад

    Brilliant video.

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    @akilasultana2368 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @jamienewman1488
    @jamienewman1488 3 года назад

    Hi in your potential divider circuit you drew at 7:11 , you included 2 rails 12V and 0 Volts instead of the battery. Could I ask where the other end of rails go at the opposite end of the circuit after the resistors? They are confusing because you did not give them any kind of reference.

  • @parttimeshorts8566
    @parttimeshorts8566 3 года назад

    Pls do some questions on Thermistor, LDR , Variable resistor

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    @V0J3N1D0Productions 6 лет назад

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    @123qwe321ify 7 лет назад +5

    Thanks for another great video

  • @zohaibgulawan9070
    @zohaibgulawan9070 2 года назад

    You see for the last one if the light is bright (in a day ) can it reach this point where it wouldn't take any share of voltage and also would the lamp would still turn on even tho light is bright?

  • @waleedmallana187
    @waleedmallana187 2 года назад

    Great! Sir keep it up

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    @entertainingvariety8893 4 года назад

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    @MuhammadBilal-ns3tb 2 года назад

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  • @emmacole2296
    @emmacole2296 3 года назад +2

    9:53 I can't find this equation on the AQA equation sheet? Do we have to memorise it? Thanks!

    • @gaminghats813
      @gaminghats813 3 года назад

      idk but just use ratios is kinda ez

    • @Blueberrywee
      @Blueberrywee 3 года назад

      Nope, it isn’t on the eq sheet because it is a relatively simple and a derived formula from ratios. It’s pretty easy to learn so you can do that.

  • @joshuapiper8190
    @joshuapiper8190 4 года назад

    For parallel circuits with 2 resistors use R1xR2 divided by R1+R2 that’s a nicer equation. Only works for 2 resistors though.

  • @lollies6865
    @lollies6865 2 года назад

    What is the purpose of the fixed resistor in the LDR set up?Why is it needed when the lamp depends only on the LDR's voltage and not the other one?

  • @lawrencewinter
    @lawrencewinter 4 года назад

    Hi there, I have a question... At 10:58 you said that anything in parallel will get the same voltage. But, surely the heater's resistance in combination with the Thermistor's resistance will give them both an effective resistance which is different. Presumably the Heater part of the circuit is separated by some kind of relay or something so as not to combine with the Thermistor and affect the resistance of that half of the Potential Divider Circuit? Thanks.

    • @ScienceShorts
      @ScienceShorts  4 года назад

      Yes, in reality that is the case. This is just a general concept. Actually, in practice it will be a sensor, not the heater itself.

  • @firstnamelastname1666
    @firstnamelastname1666 6 лет назад

    Please make a video on electronics!

  • @fatmafaizal07
    @fatmafaizal07 6 лет назад

    hi ur videos help alot.. a humble request though.. could you upload videos of solving cie pastpaper question for the recent year..? 2016 2015 ? just paper 2?

  • @adampat6473
    @adampat6473 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much. Its so easy to understand the way you teach and summarise everything. Your a life saver!

  • @grif.t7852
    @grif.t7852 Год назад

    He defines Perfection .

  • @xkl-physics7287
    @xkl-physics7287 4 года назад

    Sorry for asking lots of questions, electricity is very hard : why does the current through the LDR decrease?

  • @subahiqbal8540
    @subahiqbal8540 6 лет назад

    Can you do a video on the operational amplifier?

  • @humairabinte5619
    @humairabinte5619 4 года назад

    Amazing!

  • @turbothrottletrouble4217
    @turbothrottletrouble4217 4 года назад

    Could you make ib specific videos? It would be very very helpful

  • @mokhan8934
    @mokhan8934 5 лет назад

    Can you do a video about circuit questions involving lamps and their brightness?🤷🏾‍♂️ honestly don’t get these questions im getting

  • @meharpalbasi4801
    @meharpalbasi4801 6 лет назад

    For the fan example, could you also place it in series with the resistor and thermistor?

    • @James-zs3vm
      @James-zs3vm 5 лет назад

      Maybe that would work, just a lot less efficiently, as it acts as it's own resistor and gets a lesser share of the voltage

  • @citygamer6519
    @citygamer6519 7 лет назад +5

    do you have a website? Where all videos are ordered? For A level physics?

  • @diabolicmaven6906
    @diabolicmaven6906 2 года назад

    What a legend!

  • @MattRoche23
    @MattRoche23 7 лет назад

    Hi it would be great if you could do a video on lasers please :)

  • @ryonatkinson6637
    @ryonatkinson6637 3 года назад

    thanks homie

  • @shyamkanjee6409
    @shyamkanjee6409 5 лет назад

    10:15 is that equation on the AQA spec because i cant find it on my formula sheet.

  • @MasterZack1000
    @MasterZack1000 5 лет назад

    In the last video you said that resistance increases with low temp in a thermistor and high light in a LDR (vice versa) but here you are saying the complete opposite?

  • @seasnek7024
    @seasnek7024 4 года назад +1

    I don’t mean to sound dumb, but if the thermistor gets colder, shouldn’t resistance decrease? (Cause superconductors have almost zero electrical resistance when cooled to sub zero temperatures, so that’s why thought colder temp = lower resistance)

    • @user-kl4hb7my1r
      @user-kl4hb7my1r 4 года назад +1

      A NTC; "Negative Temperature Coefficient" thermistor works in the opposite way a normal resistor does. At low temperatures, the thermistor has a high resistance. As the temperature increases, the resistance decreases. This is because at higher temperatures the electrons have enough energy to escape from their respective atoms, meaning there are more charge carriers available, therefore the resistance is lower.

    • @eamonn5020
      @eamonn5020 2 года назад +1

      I know its a bit late but for anyone reading in the future superconductors dont have almost 0 electrical resistance they have exactly 0 electrical resistance

  • @giftayo6061
    @giftayo6061 4 года назад

    12:23 why would the resistance increase if it gets darker. Isn't goes down beacuse it should allow more current passing through
    to get brighter?

    • @randhawaheed2720
      @randhawaheed2720 3 года назад

      When it gets darker less light falls on it so tmp would DECREASE and since LDR has LESS free electrons and tmp is decreasing due to darkness, there would be less no of free electrons means resistance would INCREASE , in short as it gets darker for LDR, resistance would increase because of its semiconductor properties

  • @alexcook9373
    @alexcook9373 6 лет назад

    What happens when there is 2 cells connected in parallel and you are asked to work out the current or voltage of one of the resistors in the circuit?