Current & Voltage: Understanding Resistance Limits

[sneha_28]

I have a basic doubt regarding concepts of current. we know that a resistor is a current limiting device. But when it is connected in series with a voltage source,current remains the same.
Why doesn't the current change even after passing through a series of current limiting resistors? what am i missing out here?

 

[gneill]

I have a basic doubt regarding concepts of current. we know that a resistor is a current limiting device. But when it is connected in series with a voltage source,current remains the same.
Why doesn't the current change even after passing through a series of current limiting resistors? what am i missing out here?

What makes you think that the current doesn't change when the resistance changes? What's your understanding of Ohm's law?

 

[russ_watters]

The way the question was worded implies adding resistance, but I think the question was why isn't the current different in different parts of the circuit.

Water analogy: why isn't flow rate lower after an obstruction in a pipe?