Friday, May 2, 2008

Open and Closed

What is the difference bewteen and open and closed circuits? Which one would you find in your homes?

15 comments:

Jon said...

I think my house has a closed curcuit but i really don't know. I've never thought about it before. A closed one makes an entire route through the house and open it just is left out i think.

.:*{briana alexis}*:. said...

An open circuit is one that when a series circuit is disconnected and no current flows through the circuit. A closed circuit is one that provides a continuous path for which current can flow, without interruption. I think that we have open circuits in things like light switches where you can have some off and some on. It depends where they are really at.

-Fisch- said...

our houses would be closed curcuits because when a light bulb burns out ur whole house doesnt just go blak just that one bulb goes out but wiht an open curcuit if that bulb burned out the whole house would be without power

Matthew said...

An open circuit is disconnected the everything goes out. when and close curcuit is interrupted it does not lose power. Close curcuits are most common in house. so if a fuse breaks ur house still gots .

!~*Miranda! :} said...

A open circuit is when a series circuit isn't connected and nothing flows in that circuit. A closed circuit is when that has a path when currents can flow through. I think that my home has open circuit but im not for sure.

travis s. said...

An open circuit is a circuit that when a series curcuit is not connected no current flows through it. A closed circuit is one that provides a continous path for a current to flow through. I think you would probably find more open circuits in peoples homes. I think we have open circuits in our home.

Josh 41 said...

An open circuit can be closed and the energy has now where to flow to while a closed circuit continues in the same path no matter what happens. I think we have a open circuit because if a something happens usually all the lights go off.

Tina said...

An open circuit is when any part of the circuit is not working, no current flows through the rest of the circuit. A closed circuit is when electricity flows from the energy source to where you want the electricity to stop. Our houses have closed circuits, because otherwise, if one thing broke the entire house would be without electricity.

Anonymous said...

An open circuit is when a part of a series circuit is disconnected so it doesnt work. A closed circuit is when theyre not all connected, so that if one thing goes out the whole house won't loose electricity. In my house only parts are connected together. like the upstairs is one, the downstairs, etc. They are closed so that one thing won't effect everything.

Anonymous said...

Open circuit- when a series circuit is disconnected and no current flows through it. A closed one is when it provides a contunouis path for which a current can flow. I have no idea what we have in our house but i think that its an open circuit.

Abertsch10-11 said...

An open circuit is when a series circuit is not connected and no power goes thorugh. A closed is the opposite of the open circuit. I'm pretty sure we have open circuits but i never really bothered to check.

taylorjo said...

The difference is that an open curcuit is when a series curcuit is disconnected and there is no current that flows through the curcuit then. A closed curcuit is that it provides a continuous path so then the current can flow through, and there are no interruptions either. I dont really know what kind of curcuits we have in our house, but i think we might have open curcuits, but im not sure.

Mitchell Haaland said...

An open circuit is when no current flows through it. A closed circuit is when there is a continuous path and a current flows through.

Anonymous said...

An open circuit is a circuti that is disconnected and it wont allow any current to flow through it. I think that we have closed circuts in everything that we use everyday. THat is what i think what about you?

chad said...

An open circuit is when a series circuit is disconected and no current flows through the circuit. A closed circuit is one that provides a continuus path for a current can flow without being disrupetede. WE have closed circuits because if one light is shut off they all still work.