2.1a Ideal Wire

Ideal Wire

An ideal wire is a circuit component has no resistance, no voltage, and can have any amount of current passing through it.

\usepackage{circuitikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{circuitikz}[american voltages]
\node at (0,3.75) {Symbol};
\draw
(0,0) to [short, -, v<=$V_{elem}$, i<=$I_{elem}$] (0,3);
\end{circuitikz}
\hspace{1cm}
\begin{tikzpicture}[domain=0:4]
\node at (0,2.25) {IV Relationship};
\draw[<->] (-1.5,0)—(1.5,0) node[below]{$V_{elem}$};
\draw[<->] (0,-1.5)—(0,1.5) node[left]{$I_{elem}$};
\draw[<->, color=red] (0,-1)—(0,1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\hspace{1cm}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\node at (0,2) {$V_{elem}=0$};
\node at (0,1.5) {$I_{elem}=?$};
\node at (0,0){};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}