Figure caption, A series circuit with two bulbs and one cell. The ammeter will read the same at points 1, 2 or 3. In series circuits, the current is the same through each component. The potential ...

Measuring current is always a nuisance because you have to break the circuit to put the measuring device in series with the circuit ... test equipment.The Shunt Ammeter Approach ...

And it doesn’t matter where I put the ammeter - that current is the same everywhere. As well as making the lamps dimmer, series circuits also have the problem that when one bulb doesn’t work ...