diff --git a/Electronics/Cells_and_batteries.md b/Electronics/Cells_and_batteries.md index dcb8ae4..be40019 100644 --- a/Electronics/Cells_and_batteries.md +++ b/Electronics/Cells_and_batteries.md @@ -20,22 +20,32 @@ Cells and batteries can be connected to each other in electrical ciruits to incr - parallel - series-parallel +> The key thing to remember: **cells configured in series increases the overall voltage available** and **cells configured in parallel increases the overall current available** + ### Series connections With series connections we distinguish **series aiding** and **series opposing** configurations. -In the case of series aiding, cells are connected one in front of another with the positive terminal connecting to the negative terminal of the other in a line. +In the case of **series aiding**, cells are connected one in front of another with the positive terminal connecting to the negative terminal of the other in a line. -In this configuration the **same current flows through all the cells**. This is represented mathematically as follows ($T$ stands for time): +In this configuration the same current flows through all the cells, it is not accumulative. We represent this as follows: $$ -I_{T} = I_{1} + I_{2} + I_{3} \\ +I_{T} = I_{1} + I_{2} + I_{3} $$ -The voltage is the sum of the individual cell voltages (represented here as [electrical field](/Electronics/Physics_of_electricity/Voltage.md#distinguishing-voltage-from-electric-field)). +However the voltage is accumulative: it is the _sum_ of the individual cell voltages, represented below as [electrical field](/Electronics/Physics_of_electricity/Voltage.md#distinguishing-voltage-from-electric-field): $$ E_{T} = E_{1} + E_{2} + E_{3} \\ $$ // TODO: Add image + +In the case of **series opposing**, negative terminals are connected to each other and positive terminals are connected to each other in a series. This doesn't have many applications. + +### Parallel connections + +Parallel connections follow the series opposing (negative to negative, positive to positive) configuration but they are not connected in sequence. + +_The same current flows through all cells. This is represented mathematically as follows ($T$ stands for time)_: