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Experiment 3: To Verify Kirchhoff's Voltage and Current Laws Experimentally

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Electric Circuit lab

Experiment 3: To verify Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws experimentally.

Student learn
 How to patch resistive circuits and verify KVL/KCL for each of them.

Pre-Lab Assignment: For the circuit shown in fig 1, calculate:


1. VAB , VBC ,VAD ,VDG , VBD And VAC
2. I1 , I2 ,I3 , I4 and I5
(You can choose any value for R1, R2, R3 and R4)

Apparatus
 Breadboard
 Digital Multimeter DMM
 Power supply
 Resistors

Theory
1. Check the values of the resistors, to be used in circuit of fig 1, using Multimeter. Record the
values in table1.
2. Connect the circuit as shown, and have it checked by the instructor. Adjust supply voltage Vs to
5v and check it using dc voltmeter.
3. Measure VAB, VBC, VAD, VDG, VBD and VAC voltages. Record their values (including the signs) in table
2.
4. Measure the current I1, I2, I3, I4 and I5 and record their values (including the signs) in table 3.

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Observation and Calculations


Resistor values Table 1:-
Resistor R1 R2 R3 R4

Nominal values

Ohmmeter
reading

Voltages Table 2:-


Voltage VAB VBC VAD VDC VBD VAC

Theoretical

experimental

% error

Currents Table 3:-


Current I1 I2 I3 I4
Theoretical
experimental
% error

Extra Task: if you have successfully done with all laboratory tasks, implement the circuits in fig 2 and
verify KCL for each and every loop and KCL for each node and record the readings.

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Laboratory Report
1. Fir the circuit in fig 1. Verify KCL by adding the experimental values of voltages around the loops.
a. ABCEFA
b. ABDA
c. CDAC
2. For the same circuit verify KCL by adding the experimental values of current at nodes:
a. A
b. B
c. C
3. Do the experimental and theoretical values of voltages and current agree? Indicate the
percentage of differences.

4. Give possible reasons for any discrepancies

5. If you have implemented the circuit in Fig 2 in the lab, draw all the table values showing the
measurement that you have taken and also calculate all those parameter.

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