# Metadata Source URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchhoff%27s_circuit_laws Topics:: #electronic-engineering --- # Kirchhoff's circuit laws - Wikipedia ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 221022_084553 > > Kirchhoff's first law, or Kirchhoff's junction rule, states that, for any node (junction) in an electrical circuit, the sum of currents flowing into that node is equal to the sum of currents flowing out of that node; or equivalently: > >The algebraic sum of currents in a network of conductors meeting at a point is zero