the sum of currents into a node = the sum of currents exiting the node - kirchoffs first law the sum of the emf equals the sum of the potential differences across a loop - kirchoffs second law the emf is the voltage across a power supply remember that when a wire splits into 2 parralel branches its current splits while the voltage stays the same this is because voltage is a mesure of energy per unit of charge, which wouldn't change because each electron has the same charge. the current splits because its a way of messuring the amount of charge flowing