UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST

COLLAGE OF ENGINEERING
MANILA CAMPUS

EXPERIMENT No.
EXPERIMENT TITLE

NAME: Villamar III, Crisostomo, T. DOP:10/08

Abadicio, Michael Leonard, N. DOS:10/17

NEE 220 - A1
Group no. 4

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• Discussion (25%) ____

• Conclusion (25%) ____

GRADE: ___________
 Engr. Geraldine B. Tualla
INSTRUCTOR

II.Set-up
 Experiment No. 2
Series-Parallel Circuit

Objectives:

• Determine the total resistance in a series-parallel circuit.

• Determine the voltage across each resistor and current flowing through it
• Verify the results using a multimeter.

Materials:

Multimeter
FACET Base Unit
DC Fundamental Circuit Board
Connectors

Experiment No. 2
 Series-Parallel Circuit

DATA SHEET:
• Measure the resistance of each resistor and compute for the total resistance.
• R1 =
• R2 =
• R3 =
• RTotal =
• Record the color code of each resistor in a circuit and compute for the total resistance
• R1 =

• R2 =

• R3 =

• RTotal =

• Are the values of the measured resistances within the range of the computed resistances? Explain
briefly.
Yes No
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• Measure the current passing through each resistor and the supply using the ammeter.
• IR1 =
• IR2 =
• IR3 =
• ISupply =

• Calculate the total current and the current passing through each resistor using Ohm’s Law given
that the value of total voltage is 15 Volts. ( Use resistance value from procedure 2)
• IR1 =
• IR2 =
• IR3 =
• ITotal =
 • Are the values of the measured currents same with the calculated currents? Explain briefly.
Yes No
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• Measure the total voltage and the voltage across each resistor using the voltmeter.
• VTotal =
• V1=
• V2=
• V3=

• Compute for the voltage across each resistor using the values of the currents and resistances from
procedure 5 and 2 respectively.
• V1=
• V2=
• V3=
• Are the values of the measured voltage same with the calculated voltage? Explain briefly.
Yes No
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• What can you observe from the distribution of current and voltage in a series-parallel circuit?
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Name: ___________________________________

Instructor: ________________________________

Date: ____________________________________