TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

FACULTY

ENGINEERING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

(JPK)

COURSE CODE BBV 10203

NAME OF COURSE ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY 2

TITLE OF
THEVENIN THEOREM
EXPERIMENT

EXPERIMENT NO. 02

ENGINEERING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

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 TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FACULTY

BBV 10203 ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY 2

TITLE : Thevenin Theorem

OBJECTIVES : After performing this experiment, the student will be able to:
i) Construct the Equivalent Thevenins Circuit.
ii) Compare measurement value and calculated value.

EQUIPMENT LIST : i) DC Power Supply

ii) Multimeter
iii) Project Board
iv) Jumper Wire
v) Variable Resistor
vi) Resistors 1.5 k (2x), 2.2 k (2x) and 560 (1x)

THEORY OVERVIEW :

Thevenins Theorem states that any linear two or more port network can be replaced by a single
voltage source with series resistance. The Thevenin voltage is the open circuit output voltage.
This may be determined experimentally by isolating the portion to be Thevenized and simply
placing an oscilloscope at its output terminals. The Thevenin resistance is found by replacing all
sources with their internal resistance and then applying appropriate series-parallel resistance
simplification rules. If an resistance meter is available, an easy method of doing this in the lab is
to replace the sources with appropriate resistance values and apply the resistance meter to the
output terminals of the circuit portion under investigation. Figure 1.1 shows, the linear circuit
and the Thevenin equivalent circuit.

R1 R3

VS + RL
R2

(a) (b)

Figure 1.1 : Thevenin Equivalent Circuit

VTH
FORMULA : I TH
RTH RL
% Deviation = (student data - lab data) / lab data X 100.

CIRCUIT :
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 R1 R2
A

R4
E1 R3 RL

E2

B
Figure 1.2

PROCEDURES :

1. For the circuit of Figure 1.2, measure the resistor value and record in Table 1.1. Then
calculate the voltage across the resistor load (R L) using R1 = R2 = 1.5 k, R3 = R4 = 2.2 k
and RL = 560 , with 5 V and 12 V source. Record this value in Table 1.2. Also calculate
the expected Thevenin voltage and Thevenin resistance. Record these values in Table
1.3.
2. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 1.2.
3. Adjust the supply voltage to 9 V for E1 and 12 V for E2.
4. Then OFF the supply.
4. Find VTH : Remove the load resistance RL, ON the power supplys and measure the open
circuit voltage Voc across the terminals AB. This is equal to VTH.

5. Find RTH : Remove the source voltage E1 and E2 and replace it with a short circuit.
Measure the resistance looking into the opening where RL was with an
Ohmmeter. This gives RTH.

6. Thevenin Equivalent Circuit : By using the VTH and RTH are obtained, connect the RL
series circuit to a Thevenin equivalent circuit as in Figure 1.1 (b). Set the value of R TH
using a Variable Resistor.

7. Measuring current flow and voltage drop at RL and record in Table 1.2 and 1.3

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RESULT :

Resistor () Measurement % Deviation Vload (VRL) Volt (V)

1.45 k 3.333%
R1 = 1.5 k Vload Theory 2.52V
1.47 k 2%
R2 = 1.5 k Vload Original 2.3V

R3 = 2.2 k 2.19 k 0.45% Vload Thevenin 2.2V

2.18 k 0.909%
R4 = 2.2k % Deviation 12.698%
554 1.071%
R5 = 560

Table 1.1 Table 1.2

Theory Experimental % Deviation

EThevenin 7.67V 7.7V 0.391%

RThevenin 1.15 1k 13.043%

IThevenin (IRL) 4.50mA 4mA 12.5%

Table 1.3

QUESTIONS :

1. Compare the calculation and measurement result. Give the reason.

2. Would the Thevenin equivalent circuits be altered if the source was changed? If so,
why?

3. How does the DC version of Thevenins Theorem compare with the AC version?

RESULT : TABLE 1.2

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Vload Theory :

*Rujuk Lampiran Calculation

Vload Original :

Vload Thevenin :

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RESULT : TABLE 1.3

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EThevenin :

RThevenin :

7
IThevenin (IRL) :

8
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LAMPIRAN

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