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#PARALLEL RESISTORS SERIES#
That highlights the key difference between series and parallel connections. Also notice that the I R3 and I R4 currents recombine as the green current. At other nodes (specifically the three-way junction between R 2, R 3, and R 4) the main (red) current splits into two different ones, the purple current flowing in R 3 and the orange current flowing in R 4.

Notice that in some nodes (like between R 1 and R 2) the current is the same going in as it is coming out.

Using the above circuit as an example, here is how current will flow as it runs from the voltage source positive terminal to the negative terminal. Some amount of current will flow through every path it can take to get to the point of lowest voltage, usually called ground (0 Volts). Conventional Current flows from a higher or more positive voltage to a lower or less positive voltage in a circuit. We also need to understand how current flows through a circuit. Equivalent Resistance in a Parallel Circuit: When each resistor in a circuit is independently connected to the voltage source, the resistors are said to be. Note that we usually define one node as the common node that all the other nodes are referenced to, the green ground node in this case. Colored nodes (lines) Red connects the (+) end of the voltage source to resistor R 1, Orange connects R 1 and R 2 together, Blue connects R 2 to R 3 and R 4 and green connects (–) end of the voltage source to R 3 and R 4. The schematic shows a circuit with 4 resistors and a voltage source.
