I am trying to analyze a circuit using source transformations (converting from a voltage source to a current source). I am trying to understand how they work based on a book, but I keep getting confused based on a simple example. If I have a circuit with a voltage source and two resistors in series, according to the book I'm looking at, I can convert the voltage source and resistor into a current source and a resistor in parallel. The current value of the current source will be the voltage source divided by the resistor, and the new resistor in parallel will have the same value for resistance.
The problem is, if we have two resistors in series, if we choose to perform the transformation about one resistor, we get one answer for the value of the new current source, and if we choose the other resistor, we get a different answer. The resistors will be the same, but the value of current coming out of the current source will be a different magnitude and a different direction. Am I just looking at this wrong?
The problem is, if we have two resistors in series, if we choose to perform the transformation about one resistor, we get one answer for the value of the new current source, and if we choose the other resistor, we get a different answer. The resistors will be the same, but the value of current coming out of the current source will be a different magnitude and a different direction. Am I just looking at this wrong?