Answer:
Series: All the lights go out
Parallel: Nothing happens
Explanation:
Often referred to as ‘daisy-chained’ or ‘looped’ the current in a series circuit follows one path from start-to-finish with the Anode (positive) of the second LED connected to the Cathode (negative) of the first. The image to the right shows an example: To wire a series circuit like the one shown, the positive output from the driver connects to the positive of the first LED and from that LED a connection is made from the negative to the positive of the second LED and so on, until the last LED in the circuit. Finally, the last LED connection goes from the negative of the LED to the negative output of the constant current driver, creating a continuous loop or daisy chain. When one goes out, the whole strand of light stops working with it.
Parallel circuit (when lights are wired in parallel):
Where a series circuit receives the same current to each LED, a parallel circuit receives the same voltage to each LED and the total current to each LED is the total current output of the driver divided by the number of parallel LEDs.
In a parallel circuit all the positive connections are tied together and back to the positive output of the LED driver and all the negative connections are tied together and back to the negative output of the driver. Lets take a look at this in the image to the right. Using the example shown with a 1000mA output driver, each LED would receive 333mA; the total output of the driver (1000mA) divided by the number of parallel strings (3).
