DC Power Sources

Llanes, Shyrell Katrin D.

EE105L
skdllanes@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Direct Current (DC) Power refers to the
unidirectional flow of electrons and is the form
of power that is most commonly produced by
sources such as solar cells and batteries. At the
end of this experiment, the student will be able
to demonstrate dc power sources by using the
DC fundamentals circuit board and the
relationship of resistance, current, and voltage
by using Ohm’s Law.
KEYWORDS
2 RESULTS
Using the voltmeter, it showed that voltage
using batteries in series increase voltage output
and the sum of its voltage is the total of the two
cells in series aiding while in series opposing
the total voltage is the difference of the two
sources. Batteries in parallel increases its
current capability. The output of two voltages
sources of equal value that are connected in
series opposing is zero.

Batteries, Circuit, Current, Power, Voltage Figure 1. BATTERIES circuit block series and parallel
cells
1 INTRODUCTION

Circuits consisting of just one battery and one

load resistance are very simple to analyze, but
they are not often found in practical
applications. Usually, we find circuits where
more than two components are connected
together. There are two basic ways in which to
connect more than two circuit components:
series and parallel (EETech Media, 2003).

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, 2018, Figure 2. Batteries in a series opposing circuit

Ohm’s law is the relationship between current,
voltage, and resistance. The amount of steady
current through a large number of materials is
directly proportional to the potential difference,
or voltage, across the materials. Thus, if the
voltage V (in units of volts) between two ends
of a wire made from one of these materials is
tripled, the current I (amperes) also triples; and
the quotient V/I remains constant. The quotient
V/I for a given piece of material is called its
resistance, R, measured in units named ohms. Table 1. Results
 Series Aiding
V1 1.492V
V2 1.495V
Voltage of cells in 2.987V
series aiding
Voltage across V1 & 2.987V
V2
V3 w/o two post 1.494V
connector
V4 1.494V
Series Opposing
V5 5.55V
Potential difference of 3.2 mV Figure 4. Total Current Measurement
V5 & V6
V5 referring to Figure 2 5.55V Ohm’s Law – Circuit resistance
V6 referring to Figure 2 1.54V
R1 484.5 to 535.50 Ω
A potential difference between two power R2 950 to 1050 Ω
sources and a specific polarity are necessary to R1 referring 0.515 k Ω
light up a LED. Series opposing circuit is made to figure 3
up two batteries connected negative to negative R2 referring 0.984 k Ω
and positive to positive. to figure 3
R1 referring 6.74 mA
to figure 4

It is shown that resistance and current are

inversely proportional. If the resistance in the
current is doubled and the voltage remains the
same, the current is halved.

Current varies with changing resistances and

Figure 3. Measuring Resistance
increases when voltage increases and decreases
when voltage decreases. Current is inversely
proportional with total current and resistance.
Voltage and current are directly proportional.
You can find the voltage drop of individual
resistors when you know the resistor value and
the value of the current flowing through the
resistor.

6 CONCLUSIONS

Using batteries in series increase voltage output

and the sum of its voltage is the total of the two
cells in series aiding while in series opposing
the total voltage is the difference of the two
sources. Also, resistance and current are
inversely proportional while current is inversely
proportional with total current and resistance.
Voltage and current are directly proportional.

REFERENCES

EETech Media. (2003). What are “Series” and “Parallel” Circuits? Retrieved from All About
Circuits: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-5/what-are-series-and-
parallel-circuits/
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2018, April 27). Ohm's Law. Retrieved from Encyclopædia
Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/science/Ohms-law