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Parallel Headlight Filaments

Type Circuit schematicStandard IEEE Std 315 / ANSI Y32.2Engine schematex-circuitUpdated 9/13/2026
Parallel Headlight Filaments
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The scenario

A 12 V automotive battery supplies two 6 ohm headlight filaments connected in parallel after a common fuse and switch, sharing the battery ground.

What is in this drawing

Read the decisions behind it.

01

Model the battery as B1 with positive rail batt_pos and ground 0

02

Wire both headlight filament resistors to the same switched node so they are in parallel

03

Use a common fuse and SPST switch to represent the headlight circuit control

Use for beginner DC parallel circuit analysis, automotive lighting schematics, or demonstrating equal voltage across parallel branches.

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