Overview 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 ...

In circuits connected in parallel, the components are connected on different branches. Find out more with BBC Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

If you have lights with a parallel circuit (if they're LED, they have a parallel circuit for sure), you'll still need to replace the burnt out bulbs, but a huge section of the strand won't be ...