Objectives: Voltage drop measurements using resistors connected in series. The relationship between resistance value and voltage drop (Kirchhoff’s Second Law)   Circuit components: 1 Plug-in board, DIN A4                                                                  576 74 1 STE resistor, 100 W, 2 W, 5%                                                    577 32 1 STE resistor, 150 W, 2 W, 5%                                                    577 34 1 STE resistor, 1 kW, 2 W, 5%                                                       577 44 Power Supply: 1 AC/DC stabilizer                                                                            726 88  Connectors: 3 Pairs of connecting leads, red/blue, 50 cm                                         501 45 1 Set of 10 bridging plugs                                                                              501 48 Measurement Instruments: 1 Voltmeter, 10 V DC  1 Amperemeter, 10 mA DC Measuring the voltage drop across resistors connected in series. Circuit Diagram: Measuring the voltage drop across resistors connected in series. Procedure: Assemble the circuit as shown in Fig. 1. Make sure that the polarity of the voltage source and the multimeters is correct, and that the correct measurement range has been selected. Set the input voltage Vin to 10 V. Measure and record the total current Itot. Measure the voltage V1 across Resistor R1 and record it in Table 1. Measure the voltage V2 across Resistor R2 and record it in Table 1. Measure the voltage V3 across resistor R3 and record it in Table 1. Note: Due to the 5% tolerance of the resistors, equivalent deviations in the measured values are allowable.   Data: Vin = 10 V Itot =    R1  = 100 OHMS     V1 =    R2  = 150 OHMNS     V2 =   R3 = 1 KILO OHMS     V3 =   Evaluation: Add up the component voltages measured and compare this sum with the input voltage Vin. V1 + V2 + V3 =     At which resistor is the component voltage drop the greatest? At which resistor is it the least? What rule can be deduced from this?     Calculate and formulate the result of V1 + V2 + V3 – Vin:   V1 + V2 + V3 – Vin = 0

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Objectives:

  1. Voltage drop measurements using resistors connected in series.
  2. The relationship between resistance value and voltage drop (Kirchhoff’s Second Law)

 

Circuit components:

1 Plug-in board, DIN A4                                                                  576 74

1 STE resistor, 100 W, 2 W, 5%                                                    577 32

1 STE resistor, 150 W, 2 W, 5%                                                    577 34

1 STE resistor, 1 kW, 2 W, 5%                                                       577 44

Power Supply:

1 AC/DC stabilizer                                                                            726 88

 Connectors:

3 Pairs of connecting leads, red/blue, 50 cm                                         501 45

1 Set of 10 bridging plugs                                                                              501 48

Measurement Instruments:

1 Voltmeter, 10 V DC

 1 Amperemeter, 10 mA DC

Measuring the voltage drop across resistors connected in series. Circuit Diagram:

Measuring the voltage drop across resistors connected in series.

Procedure:

  1. Assemble the circuit as shown in Fig. 1.
  2. Make sure that the polarity of the voltage source and the multimeters is correct, and that the correct measurement range has been selected.
  3. Set the input voltage Vin to 10 V. Measure and record the total current Itot.
  4. Measure the voltage V1 across Resistor R1 and record it in Table 1.
  5. Measure the voltage V2 across Resistor R2 and record it in Table 1.
  6. Measure the voltage V3 across resistor R3 and record it in Table 1.

Note: Due to the 5% tolerance of the resistors, equivalent deviations in the measured values are allowable.

 

Data:

Vin = 10 V

Itot

 

R= 100 OHMS

 

 

V1

 

R= 150 OHMNS

 

 

V2 =

 

R3 = 1 KILO OHMS

 

 

V3 =

 

Evaluation:

  1. Add up the component voltages measured and compare this sum with the input voltage Vin.

V1 + V2 + V3 =

 

 

  1. At which resistor is the component voltage drop the greatest? At which resistor is it the least?

What rule can be deduced from this?

 

 

  1. Calculate and formulate the result of V1 + V2 + V3 – Vin:

 

V1 + V2 + V3 – Vin = 0

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