In this article we talk about resistors in parallel, the equivalent resistance and the current divider rule for parallel connection of resistors. Let’s consider this circuit: In circuit 1 we have two ...

When resistors are connected in parallel, the supply current is equal to the sum of the currents through each resistor. The currents in the branches of a parallel circuit add up to the supply current.

The total resistance of the two resistors in parallel is 4 Ω When two equal resistors are connected in parallel, the total resistance is always equal to half the resistance of one of the resistors.