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One requirement of any appliance, tool, or other type of electrical device is that it must be connected to a source of electricity. Before the load will operate, electricity must have a complete path from the source to the load and back to the source. This path for electricity is called a circuit. Two types of circuit commonly are used to supply electrical power, series and parallel.

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Roth, L.O., Field, H.L. (1992). Series and Parallel Circuits. In: Introduction to Agricultural Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3594-2_26

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