CIRCUITS WITH INDEPENDENT CURRENT SOURCES
THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN V1 AND
THE SOURCE CURRENT! HOWEVER ...
MESH 1 CURRENT IS CONSTRAINED
MESH 1 EQUATION
MESH 2
“BY INSPECTION”
CURRENT SOURCES THAT ARE NOT SHARED
BY OTHER MESHES (OR LOOPS) SERVE TO
DEFINE A MESH (LOOP) CURRENT AND
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED EQUATIONS
TO OBTAIN V1 APPLY KVL TO ANY CLOSED
PATH THAT INCLUDES V1
KVL