Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Question? UCN5804

In a message dated 7/3/2003 12:14:59 PM Central Standard Time,
billkichman@... writes:

> Just for reference, the calculation is "Product over Sum" for resistors in
> parallel. Multiply all the individual resistors by one another (works of
> they are all alike or not) and then divide that number by the sum value of
> all the resistors.
>

That is correct for TWO resistors in parallel. But the talk here has been
about SEVERAL in parallel. That is ALSO easy to remember: The total R of any
number of R's in parallel is the RECIPROCAL of the SUM of the RECIPROCALS of
each R value. The various R's can of course be any (mixed) values.


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