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CIRCUITS 1 - Lab Experiment #04

This document describes a lab experiment where students will build a simple circuit with a battery, lamp, and jumper wires. The objectives are for students to learn how to configure a circuit, understand the importance of continuity, and define open and short circuits. The procedures have the students construct the circuit, measure voltages with a multimeter, introduce breaks to the circuit to observe changes in voltage, and experiment with building the circuit on a breadboard.

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CIRCUITS 1 - Lab Experiment #04

This document describes a lab experiment where students will build a simple circuit with a battery, lamp, and jumper wires. The objectives are for students to learn how to configure a circuit, understand the importance of continuity, and define open and short circuits. The procedures have the students construct the circuit, measure voltages with a multimeter, introduce breaks to the circuit to observe changes in voltage, and experiment with building the circuit on a breadboard.

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CIRCUITS 1: LAB EXPERIMENT #4 Page 1 of 3

LABORATORY EXPERIMENT #4:


SIMPLE CIRCUIT
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the exercise, the students should be able to:
 perform essential configuration needed to make a circuit
 state the importance of continuity to a circuit
 state the definitions of ”open” and ”short” circuits

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT:


 1 breadboard
 1 multimeter (digital or analog)
 connecting wires (2-gauge solid copper wire)
 6-volt (battery)
 6-volt incandescent lamp
 jumper wires

PRINCIPLES:
This is the simplest complete circuit in this collection of experiments: a battery and an
incandescent lamp.

In all subsequent illustrations, a digital multimeter will be shown instead of an analog meter unless
there is some particular reason to use an analog meter. You are encouraged to use both types of
meters to gain familiarity with the operation of each in these experiments.

Schematic Diagram

PROCEDURES:
NOTE: Please observe safety precautions and proper handling while conducting the laboratory experiment. This experiment
is to be performed under an instructor’s supervision.

1. Connect the lamp to the battery as shown in the illustration, and the lamp should light,
assuming the battery and lamp are both in good condition and they are matched to one
another in terms of voltage.
2. Perform the following illustrations and label the lamp if it is LIGHT or NO LIGHT.
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3. Using your multimeter set to the appropriate ”DC volt” range, measure voltage across the
battery, across the lamp, and across each jumper wire. Familiarize yourself with the normal
voltages in a functioning circuit.
4. Now, ”break” the circuit at one point and re-measure voltage between the same sets of
points, additionally measuring voltage across the break like this:

What voltages measure the same as before?

> _______________________________________________________________________

What voltages are different since introducing the break?

> _______________________________________________________________________

How much voltage is manifest, or dropped across the break?

> ______________________________________________________________________

What is the polarity of the voltage drop across the break, as indicated by the meter?

> ______________________________________________________________________

5. Re-connect the jumper wire to the lamp, and break the circuit in another place. Measure
all voltage ”drops” again, familiarizing yourself with the voltages of an ”open” circuit.
6. Construct the same circuit on a breadboard, taking care to place the lamp and wires into
the breadboard in such a way that continuity will be maintained. The example shown here is
only that: an example, not the only way to build a circuit on a breadboard:
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7. Experiment with different configurations on the breadboard, plugging the lamp into different
holes. Try to perform the following illustrations and label the lamp if it is ON or OFF.

OBSERVATIONS:

CONCLUSION:

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