Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This example problem uses Thevenin's theorem to determine a Thevenin equivalent circuit for a DC electrical circuit with two voltage sources and a few resistors. Note that this video solves the example problem, but does not give a detailed explanation for Thevenin's theorem.

This problem comes from question 81, section 6.9 of James Fiore's online DC Electrical Circuit Analysis text ((tinyurl.com/dc-elec-ccts-fiore). )

00:13 - Problem definition
00:19 - Step 1: Identify part of circuit to Thevenize
00:35 - Step 2: Label port
00:53 - Step 3a: Set voltage sources to 0V
01:53 - Step 3b: Calculate RTh (Thevenin resistance)
02:42 - Step 4: Determine VTh (Thevenin Voltage)
03:03 - : Use superposition
03:24 - : 10V source VTh calculation
04:40 - : 24V source VTh calculation
05:40 - : Put 10V and 24V source calculations together
06:25 - Thevenin equivalent circuit
07:01 - Calculate V(load) and I(load)
08:33 - Power of Thevenin

This video (and the online textbook) have the creative commons license: CC-BY-NC-SA (tinyurl.com/cc-license-by-nc-sa)