This is a picture from CDD when I was helping my friend Zan get ready. I'm pretty sure we used about five different appliances from hair straighteners to phone chargers. Thankfully, we did not experience the circuit breaker trip, but this tends to happen during dance times because so many electronics are plugged in. Lawrence dormitory is wired in parallel which is what most things are wired in these days. A parallel circuit insures that multiple appliances can be plugged in and all of them can work with a large amount of energy. The more appliances plugged in, the more current that will be produced. This can cause a problem when there are too many appliances causing too much current. This is where a circuit breaker or fuse comes in handy. Both these items shut off the power supply when it detects that there is too much energy. It is attached to an area where the power source flows to all of the different appliances. It is wired in a parallel circuit so that it will cut off the power supplies without anything remaining on. While this might be frustrating when it initially happens, this method prevents electrical fires, so, in the long run, it is extremely beneficial.
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