Umthetho wokuqala kaKirchhoff, owaziwa nangokuthi umthetho we-branch point, uthi ugesi ongena endaweni yegatsha ufana nogesi ophuma kuleyo ndawo yegatsha. Indawo yegatsha esesekethe kagesi yindawo lapho kuhlangana khona omqhubi ababili noma ngaphezulu. njengephuzu u-a esithombeni ohlangothini.
Ngingugesi ongena endaweni yegatsha, kuyilapho mina1 nami2 ingabe ugesi uphuma endaweni yegatsha, mina = mina1 + Mina2Esinye isibonelo, bheka isithombe esingezansi.
Ngingugesi ongenayo, kuyilapho mina1, Mina2 nami3 ugesi ophumayo, mina = mina1 + Mina2 + Mina3.
Umthetho wokuqala kaKirchhoff usekelwe emthethweni wokulondolozwa kweshaja kagesi othi ishaja ingunaphakade, ngakho-ke ishaja kagesi engenayo kumele ifane neshaja kagesi ephumayo, akukho shaja kagesi elahlekayo. Ugesi wamanje uwukugeleza kweshaja kagesi esikhathini esithile. Ngenxa yokuthi ishaja kagesi igcinwa, ugesi ongena endaweni yegatsha ulingana nogesi ophuma kuleyo ndawo yegatsha.
Umthetho wokuqala kaKirchhoff wabekwa phambili nguGustav Kirchhoff (1824-1887), isazi sefiziksi saseJalimane.
Isibonelo sombuzo 1:
I1 = Ama-Ampere ama-2, i-I2 = Ama-Ampere ama-3, i-I3 = Ama-Ampere ama-5, i-I4 = 3 Ama-Ampere. Thola i-I5!
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Ngingena = ngiphumile
I1 + Mina3 = Mina2 + Mina4 + Mina5
2 A + 5 A = 3 A + 3 A + I5
7 A = 6 A + I5
I5 = 7 A – 6 A
I5 = Ama-Ampere ama-1
Isibonelo sombuzo 2:
I = 10 Amperes, I1 = Ama-Ampere ama-2, i-I2 = 4 Ama-Ampere. Thola i-I3!
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Ngingena = ngiphumile
Mina = Mina1 + Mina2 + Mina3
10 A = 2 A + 4 A + I3
10 A = 6 A + I3
I3 = 10 A – 6 A
I3 = Ama-Ampere ama-4