EECE DEPARTMENT

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
MSU ILIGAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ILIGAN CITY
LABORATORY GUIDE
EE 123 ELEMENTARY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & INSTRUMENTATION
EXPERIMENT # 1
I. Title: Resistance Measurement
Date Performed: __________________
Group Members
1
2
3
4

Date Submitted: __________________

II. Objectives:
At the end of the Laboratory Experiment exercise the students will be able;
a. use a multitester as an ohmmeter (Analog and Digital)
b. know the value of a resistor by its color code
c. know the value of the resistor using an ohmmeter
d. calculate the percent error
III. Materials:
5 resistors (Different value)
1 Analog Multitester
1 Digital Multitester
IV. Procedure:
1. Identify which of the resistors is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
2. Fill in the data needed in the Tables below
3.
V. Data
Table 1.1 Knowing the value of resistance using Color Code
Color
R
st
nd
1 Band
2 Band
3rd Band
4th Band
1
2
3
4
5

Value

Remarks

Table 1.2 Measuring the resistance using an ohmmeter

R
Ohmmeter Setting and Readings
X1
X 10
X 100
X 1000
1
2
3
4
5

Table 1.3 Computation of Percent Error

R
Color Code
Ohmmeter
% Error
Value
Value Analog

Ohmmeter
Value
Digital

Value
Analog

Value
Digital

% Error

Remarks

1
2
3
4
5

Color Code Value Ohmmeter Value |

% Error = -------------------------------------------------Color Code Value

VI.

Conclusion and Recommendation

X 100