A parallel circuit showing two bulbs, a switch and a cell ... The lights in a house are wired this way. If one light breaks, the others continue to work. If the lights were wired in series ...

It's wires that connect to different electrical components, like a light bulb, a switch, and a battery. JAMES: Yeah, there are actually two types of circuits. We have series circuits and parallel ...

A 6-V battery powers a circuit with parallel branches on a board. Several wires and light bulbs plug into the board to make various series and parallel circuits. The brightness of the bulbs changes ...