# Parallel circuits

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- Each component separately connected.
- If one of the components is disconnected then it does not effect those it is parallel with.
- All components get the full source voltage.
- Voltage the same in all components.
- The lower the resistance of a component the greater the current.
- Total current in the circuit is equal to the currents in its separate branches.
- Total current going into a junction is equal to the total current leaving it.