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'''Kirchoff's voltage law''' ('''KVL''') states that that the change in potential difference (in other words, the ''[[Electric potential|voltage drops]]'') in any closed electrical circuit must sum to 0.<ref name="Schwarz">Schwarz, Stephen E. and William G. Oldham. ''Electrical Engineering: An Introduction, 2e.'' Oxford University Press: 1993.</ref> A voltage drop is the change in voltage over any element in a [[circuit]].
 
'''Kirchoff's voltage law''' ('''KVL''') states that that the change in potential difference (in other words, the ''[[Electric potential|voltage drops]]'') in any closed electrical circuit must sum to 0.<ref name="Schwarz">Schwarz, Stephen E. and William G. Oldham. ''Electrical Engineering: An Introduction, 2e.'' Oxford University Press: 1993.</ref> A voltage drop is the change in voltage over any element in a [[circuit]].
  
KVL follows from the definition of electric potential and c[[onservation of energy]].<ref name="Schwarz" />
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KVL follows from the definition of electric potential and [[conservation of energy]].<ref name="Schwarz" />
  
 
* See also:  [[Kirchoff's current law]]
 
* See also:  [[Kirchoff's current law]]

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Kirchoff's voltage law (KVL) states that that the change in potential difference (in other words, the voltage drops) in any closed electrical circuit must sum to 0.[1] A voltage drop is the change in voltage over any element in a circuit.

KVL follows from the definition of electric potential and conservation of energy.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Schwarz, Stephen E. and William G. Oldham. Electrical Engineering: An Introduction, 2e. Oxford University Press: 1993.