Technological University of the Philippines-Taguig

Taguig, Metro Manila

THEVENINS NORTONS THEOREN
I. OBJECTIVE

To compare computed and measured values of a current applying
Thevenins Nortons Theorem.
II. INSTRUMENTS/COMPONENTS

1. Basic EE Trainer
2. VOM
3. Connection Leads
4. Decade Resistance Box

III. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

IV. PROCEDURE

1. Consider R
L
=120 . Open the circuit and measure the voltage from where
R
L
was removed. Record voltage table 1.
2. Measure R
TH
with PS removed and replaced by short circuit. Measure R
TH
.
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Gontias, Marcelo
Dumadora, Cristel
Espiritu, Ralph Ivan
Fallejo,
Fue,
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Jerrera, Mark Lenin
Lala, Keith
Lino, Kristoffer
August 22, 2014
3. Draw Thevenins equivalent circuit and set required parameters and
measure I
L
. Record value.
4. Short circuit the point where R
L
is connected and measure I
SC
. Compared
data with Thevenins-Nortons conversion.
5. Calculate Thevenins paramaters and compare with measured values.


E
TH
R
TH
I
L
I
SC

MEASURED 8.25 V 68.0 0.045 A 0.13 A
CALCULATED 8.25 V 68.8 0.044 A 0.12 A
% DIFFERENCE 0 % 1.16 % 2.22 % 7.69 %
TABLE 1

V. QUESTIONS

1. Compare computed and calculated values, comment on the result.

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2. Give the observations and conclusions in this experiment.

Therefore, we have proved the Thevenins-Nortons Theoerm on this
experiment because we had gotten the same values of E
TH
and had less than
10% of percent difference which is good.