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What are the advantages of connecting electrical devices in parallel with the battery instead of connecting them in series?

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Following are the advantages of connecting electrical devices in parallel instead of series:
i] Different appliances consume different values of current. In parallel combination, the current is divided throughout all the electrical devices. Hence, each device gets required current and works properly. In series combination, each device gets equal current and they can.t function properly.
ii] If one of the devices in parallel combination fuses or fails, then the other devices keep working without being affected. But in series combination, if one device fails, all the devices will stop working.
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