: [ Name: i Date: a | Course/Year: Professor: a Schedule: Rating: Experiment No. 2 SERIES AND PARALLEL RESISTORS 1 OBJECTIVES To study the properties of resistors connected in series and parallel 2. To know how to measure the individual voltages and currents of resistors connected in series and in parallel. I. DISCUSSION The property of an electric circuit which tends to prevent the flow current is called Resistance. It causes electrical energy to be converted into heat energy. Resistors are used when it is desired to introduce resistance into a circuit. Resistors maybe connected in series and in parallel In the series circuit, the load resistances are joined together from end to end so that the same current passes from one end to another around one complete path. It is one in which the resistors or other electrical devices are connected end to end as shown in Fig.2-1. The current in each part of the circuit is the same but the total impressed voltage is divided among the different elements of the circuit. The total resistance of a group of resistor connected in series is equal to the sum of the individual resistance, In the parallel circuit, the load resistances are connected across one another so that the total current, entering one junction, divides to pass through the individual parts in definite ratio and combines at the other junction to leave the latter. It is one in which one terminal of each element is connected to a common point to form one terminal of the system. Each element will then have the same voltage across it but the total current divides among the elements of the circuit. This is shown in Fig. 2.2. The equivalent resistance of the resistors connected in parallel is equal to the reciprocal of the sum of the reciprocals of the individual resistances. 01. INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIALS [ory UNIT ITEM SPECS [One (1) Pe. DC Power Suppl: 12Vde One (1) Set Resistor 500ohm to10k ‘One() [Pe IC 7812 One (1) Set ‘Connecting wires. | One(1) Pe. Extension cord (optional) _ {One (1) Pe VOM oe [One (1) Pe. DC Ammeter OIA -~_ a *. a a ee eeIV. PROCEDURES SERIES CIRCUIT Connect the circuit shown in Fig. 2.1. Refer to Appendix for DC Supply set up. I 2. Measure and record Vad, Vab,Vbe, Ved, Vac, Ia, Ib, Ie and Id. Disconnect the DC supply 3. Using VOM measure the resistance across ad. 4. Compute the total resistance using the formula Rt = Vad/la 5. Record the result in Table 2-1. PARALLEL CIRCUIT 1. Connect the circuit shown in Fig 2.2. Refer to Appendix for DC Supply set up. 2. Measure and record Vasis Vic, Vers Voe:, lets Ist Ix and Ty, Disconnect the source 3. Using the VOM, measure the resistance across 4 and 4. Compute the total resistance using the formula Rr= Vau/lr 5. Record the result in Table 2-2. V. CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS =6KO Fig. 24 VI. DATA AND RESULTS Ved [Vad [Vac [ia [Ib [ie [id Re Measured Vaiues Table 2-1Ver [Vor | Table 2-2 COMPUTATION VII. OBSERVATION