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ELEG 2011

ELECTIRCAL CUIRCIT LABORATORY


FALL 2010

LABORATORY REPORT ON
Lab 3
Series and Parallel Circuits
Conducted On
February 21, 2011
Submitted By:
James Jones, Terrance Tutt, Jasmine Smith,
Christen Roberts
On
February 28,2011
To
Dr. C. L. Tolliver


Introduction

Purpose:
To calculate total resistance for elements in series and parallel. To calculate total power
supplied and the total power dissipated. To introduce fundamental laws to apply to the
analysis of DC series/parallel circuits.

Scope:
The aim of this lab is to prepare the student for more in depth tasks ands projects by
introduction to basic laws, building and equipment.

Apparatus:
Mulitmeter, DC Power Supply, resistors: 220, 560, 1k, 1.8k

Procedure:
A) Build the Circuit in Figure 1
1. Acquire resistors and equipment.

220 Ohm Resistor 560 Ohm Resistor
10V



1000
Ohm
Resistor

1800 Ohm Resistor








B) Measure the voltage of each resistor
1. Use the measured values of the resistors to calculate total equivalent resistance.

Measured resistor values Measured resistor values
220-
.2 k
560-
.554 k
1800-
1.76 k
1000-
.976 k

R
T
= 1055.714






C) Calculate the currents indicated in Figure 2
1. Use KCL, Ohms Law, and Current Divsion
2. Draw on figure 2 the direction of the current flow and indicate the voltage.



220 Ohm Resistor 560 Ohm Resistor
10V + +
I
2
I
T
I
1

1000
Ohm
Resistor

1800 Ohm Resistor





Calculated current values
I
T
9.47 mA
I
1
4.33 mA
I
2
5.14 mA


D) Verify DC series/parallel circuit analysis
1. Use the DMM to measure currents IT, I1, and I2
2. Predict the voltage drop across each resistor
3. Use DMM to measure the voltage drop across each resistor

Measured current values
I
T
9.5 mA
I
1
5.0 mA
I
2
5.1 mA


Predicted voltage values Measured voltage values
V
220-
2.09 V 2.8 V
V
560-
2.85 V 2.8 V
V
1000-
5.0 V 5.02 V
V
1800-
7.8 V 7.8 V






E) Voltage Division Rule
1. Use voltage division to mesure V1000-Ohm

V
1000-
= 5V

F) Compute the real power
1. Use your measured current, voltage, and resistor values to find the power
supplied by the DC power source and the total power dissipated by the 220-Ohm,
560-Ohm, 1000-Ohm, and 1800-Ohm resistors.

Power (watts)
DC Power Supply .095 W
220- resistor .037 W
1800- resistor .044 W
560- resistor .014 W
1000- resistor .025 W

Power
in
= Power
out
.095 W = .12 W

G) Complete Reports and data tables

Discussion
In this experiment we used several laws and rules to analyze a DC circuit in series and in
parallel. We had to start off by building the circuit shown in Figure 1 correctly. We used an
1800-Ohm resistor because there was not a 1500-Ohm resistor available. We then
measured the voltage across each resistor. By using these measured values, we were able to
find the total resistance of the circuit which was 1055.714-Ohms. Our next task was to find
the currents of the circuit. We did this by applying KCL, Ohms law, and current division
rule. We verified our current results by measuring them again using DMM. We also used
DMM to measure the voltage drop across each of the resistors. After finding the various
voltage drop values, we used voltage division to verify our measured voltage drop across
the 1000-Ohm. Our final step was to compute the power supplied and the power dissipated
in the circuit. We first calculated the power across each individual resistor to obtain our
final answers. The power supplied turned out to be 0.095 W and the power dissipated was
0.12 W.



Results
Our measurements for finding the total resistance were 1055.714-Ohms. Our measured
results for total power supplied and the total power dissipated were .095 W and .12 W.

Conclusion
In this lab we learned to use a number of fundamental electrical laws and rules to measure
various components in series and in parallel. We now have a better understanding of how
to apply these fundamentals to any circuits that we may have to build in future labs.


References
N/A

Appendix
Description of procedure and apparatus:
The DC Power Supply was used for measurement of current voltage and resistance.

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