Ohmmeter

1. A series ohmmeter is made up of the following components: supply voltage EB = 3V, series resistor R1 = 30kΩ,
meter shunt resistor R2 = 50Ω, meter FSD = 50µA, and meter resistance Rm = 50Ω.
a. Determine the resistance measured at 0. 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 of full-scale deflection.
b. Determine the new resistance to which R2 must be adjusted when EB falls to 2.5V. also determine the
new resistance at 0.5 and 0.75 of full-scale deflection.
2. A series ohmmeter that has a standard internal resistance of R1 = 50kΩ uses a meter with FSD = 75µA and Rm =
100Ω. The meter shunt resistance is R2 = 300Ω, and the battery voltage is EB = 5V.
a. Determine the resistance measured at 0, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of full-scale deflection.
b. Calculate the accuracy of resistance measurement at 0.5 and 0.75 of FSD if the meter used has a
specified accuracy of ±2%.
3. Using a 4.5V battery together with a meter that has 100µA FSD and a coil resistance of 100Ω, design a series
ohmmeter to have a range of 1kΩ to 100kΩ.
4. Calculate the meter current for the ohmmeter circuit as shown below on its R x 10 range when Rx is
a. 0Ω
b. 500Ω
c. 70Ω
d. Calculate the meter current for the ohmmeter circuit on the (R x 100) and (R x 10k) ranges when Rx = 0.

5. The ohmmeter circuit as shown below has Eb=1.5V, R1=15kΩ, Rm=50Ω, R2=50Ω and the meter FSD=50µA.
a. Determine the ohmmeter scale readings at 0.5 FSD, and determine the new resistance value that R2
must be adjusted to when Eb falls to 1.3V.
b. Re-calculate the value of Rx at 0.5 FSD when Eb = 1.3V.
c. Determine the resistance measured at 0.75 FSD with the ohmmeter when EB is
a. 1.5V
b. 1.3V
6. Determine the accuracy of an ohmmeter at 20% of FSD if the meter used is accurate to ±1%.
7. A series ohmmeter uses a 50Ω basic movement requiring a full scale deflection of 1mA. The internal battery
voltage is 3V. the desired scale marking for half scale deflection is 2000Ω. Calculate:
a. Values of R1 and R2
b. Maximum value of R2 to compensate for a 10% drop in battery.

8. A series type ohmmeter is designed to operate with a 6V battery. The meter movement has an internal
resistance of 2kΩ and requires a current of 100µA for full scale deflection. The value of R1 is 49kΩ.
a. Assuming the battery voltage has fallen to 5.9V, calculate the value of R2 required to “0” the meter.
b. Under the condition mentioned in part a, an unknown resistance is connected to the meter, causing a
60% deflection. Calculate the value of the unknown resistance.