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Which is the better way to connect lights and other electrical appliances in domestic wiring: series circuits or parallel circuits? why?

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Which is the better way to connect lights and other electrical appliances in domestic wiring: series circuits or parallel circuits? why?

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Parallel circuits – Because if one electrical appliance stops working due to some defect, then all other appliances in the circuit will keep working properly.

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अध्याय 1: Electricity - Exercise 6

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लखमीर सिंग Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
अध्याय 1 Electricity
Exercise 6 | Q 11.1

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