This calculator determines the total effective resistance of any number of resistors in parallel.
Enter the resistor values separated by commas.
Parallel Resistance Formula
Rtotal = (1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3 +…. + 1/Rn)-1
Example Calculation
Consider four resistors in parallel: 1 Ω, 6 Ω, 15 Ω and 100 Ω. The total effective resistance is 0.80 Ω.
If you have two resistors – one large and the other small in parallel, the effective resistance is closer to the smaller value. Take for instance 1 Ω and 100 Ω in parallel. The effective resistance is 0.99 ≈ 1 Ω.
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