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Lca Lab 5

1. The objective of the experiment was to understand parallel DC circuits and apply Ohm's law. 2. A parallel circuit was constructed with three resistors (R1, R2, R3) and measurements were taken of current and voltage. 3. Calculations showed the total resistance was 19.09kΩ, current through each branch was 20mA, 9.09mA, 9.09mA respectively, and voltage across each resistor was 2V.

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Lca Lab 5

1. The objective of the experiment was to understand parallel DC circuits and apply Ohm's law. 2. A parallel circuit was constructed with three resistors (R1, R2, R3) and measurements were taken of current and voltage. 3. Calculations showed the total resistance was 19.09kΩ, current through each branch was 20mA, 9.09mA, 9.09mA respectively, and voltage across each resistor was 2V.

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Experiment # 04

Title:
Study and Implementation of Parallel DC Circuit
Objective:
1. To understand the characteristics of the resistor in the parallel dc circuit
2. To be able to determine the current, the total resistance and the current in each branch of a dc
circuit.
3. To appropriately apply Ohm’s law to troubleshoot the parallel dc circuit.

Theory:
A parallel circuit is formed when two or more resistances are placed in a circuit side-by-side so that
current can flow through more than one path. The illustration shows two resistors placed side-by-side.
There are two paths of current flow. One path is from the negative terminal of the battery through R 1
returning to the positive terminal. The second path is from the negative terminal of the battery through R2
returning to the positive terminal of the battery.

There are two formulas to determine total resistance for unequal value resistors in a parallel circuit. The
first formula is used when there are three or more resistors. The formula can be extended for any number
of resistors.

The second formula is used when there are only two resistors.

Voltage in a Parallel Circuit:


When resistors are placed in parallel across a voltage source, the voltage is the same across each resistor.
In the following illustration three resistors are placed in parallel across a 12 volt battery. Each resistor has
12 volts available to it.
Current in a Parallel Circuit:
Current flowing through a parallel circuit divides and flows through each branch of the circuit.

Procedure:
1. Connect the circuit as shown in figure below.
+20.0

+9.09

+9.09
mA

mA

mA

R1 R2 R3
100ohm +2.00 220ohm +2.00 220ohm +2.00
Volts Volts Volts
Vin

2. Mention number of paths of the current flow in the circuit. __3___


3. Referring to the circuit of fig 4, calculate the total resistance (R T) in the parallel circuit. Then
RT=___19.09K______ Ω.
4. Measure the total resistance from Digital Multimeter R T=__19.09K____ Ω.
5. Calculate the percentage error of total resistance: Error=____0___ %.
6. Calculate current flowing through the resistors (R1, R2 and R3),
7. IT=__38.18____ mA.
8. I1=__20____ mA.
9. I2=___9.09___ mA.
10. I3=__9.09____ mA.

11. Measure the total current (IT) and the current through R1, R2 and R3 by using Digital Multimeter
IT=___38.18___ mA.
I1=__20____ mA.
I2=__9.09____ mA.
I3=__9.09____ mA.
12. Calculate the percentage error of total current: Error=___0__ %.
13. Use Ohm’s law to calculate voltage across the resistors (R 1, R2 and R3),
VR1= IR1*R1=____2______ V,
VR2= IR2*R2=____2______ V,

VR3= IR3*R3=____2______ V
VR1+ VR2+VR3=____6______ V
14. Measure the voltage drop across the resistors (R 1, R2 and R3) using Digital Multimeter.
15. Calculate the percentage error: Error =______0_____ %.

Tasks

1. The total resistance of a parallel circuit that has four 20 Ω resistors is __0.2___ Ω.
2. Calculate for the following circuits.
+500

+250

+167
mA

mA

mA

R1 R2 R3
10ohm +5.00 20ohm +5.00 30ohm +5.00
Volts Volts Volts
Vin

Calculation:
R1= 10Ω = 0.01Ωk
R2= 20Ω = 0.02Ωk
R3= 30Ω = 0.03Ωk
V = 5V
V 5
I1= = = 500mA
R 1 0.01 k
V 5
I2= = = 250mA
R 2 0.02 k
V 5
I2= = = 167mA
R 3 0.03 k
VR1 = IR1*R1 = 500× 0.01 = 5V
VR2 = IR2*R2 = 250× 0.02 = 5V
VR3 = IR3*R3 = 167× 0.03 = 5V
+400

+200
mA

mA

R1 R2
5ohm +2.00 10ohm +2.00
Volts Volts
Vin

Calculation:
R1 = 5Ω = 0.05kΩ
R2 = 10Ω = 0.01kΩ
V = 2V
V 2
I1 = = = 400mA
R 1 0.005 k
V 2
I2 = = = 200mA
R 2 0.01 k
VR1 = IR1*R1 = 400× 0.005 = 2V
VR2 = IR2*R2 = 200× 0.01 = 2V

3.Calculate currents flowing through R1 and R2 in the following circuit.

+200

+200
mA

mA
R1 R2
10ohm +2.00 10ohm +2.00
Volts Volts
Vin

Calculation:
R1 = 10 Ω = 0.01kΩ
R2 = 10 Ω = 0.01kΩ
V = 2V
V 2
I1 = = = 200mA
R 1 0.01 k
V 2
I2 = = = 200mA
R 2 0.01 k

THE END

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