Kirchhoff Voltage Loop Solver

Sum of voltages around a closed loop = 0. Solve a 2-loop circuit with two batteries and three resistors.

Inputs

Result

Loop currents
I₁ = 0.0437 A, I₂ = 0.0226 A
Branch through R₂: 0.0211 A.
  • I through R₁0.0437 A
  • I through R₂ (shared)0.0211 A
  • I through R₃0.0226 A
  • V across R₁4.3677 V
  • V across R₂4.6323 V
  • V across R₃10.6323 V

Step-by-step

  1. Loop 1 KVL: V₁ = R₁·I₁ + R₂·(I₁−I₂) → (100+220)·I₁ − 220·I₂ = 9.
  2. Loop 2 KVL: V₂ = R₃·I₂ + R₂·(I₂−I₁) → −220·I₁ + (220+470)·I₂ = 6.
  3. Solve 2x2: I₁ = 0.0437 A, I₂ = 0.0226 A.

How to use this calculator

  • Enter the two battery voltages and three resistor values.
  • Read both loop currents and the current through the shared middle resistor.

About this calculator

Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL): the sum of voltage drops and rises around any closed loop is zero. For a circuit with two loops sharing a middle resistor, this gives two equations with two unknowns (the loop currents), solvable by determinant or substitution. The current through the shared resistor is the difference of the two loop currents.

Frequently asked

An imagined current circulating around a single loop. Real branch currents are sums or differences of loop currents (the shared resistor between two loops sees I₁ − I₂).

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