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SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
(Established under section 3 of UGC Act,1956)

Course & Branch B!E " E&C#ECE#EEE#E$E#E%CE %itle of the &a'er Basic Electrical En(ineerin( .ub! Code .EE/1--1 (0-1-"0-11) 3ate -5#-6#0-10 &A7% " A Ans9er A:: the ;uestions .tate <irchhoff=s la9! 3efine Electric 'otential! .tate :en>=s la9! 3efine )a(neto1oti@e force and 7eluctance! Calculate 7). @alue of 2alf Aa@e 7ectifier! Ahat is a 7eacti@e 'o9erB Arite its unit! Ahat is a 1e((erB

)a*! )ar+s ,%i1e 3 2ours .ession 45 (1- * 0 8 0-)

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AhD da1'in( %orEue is necessarD in indicatin( instru1ents! Gi@e different tD'es of 9irin( sDste1 ado'ted in house 9irin(!

1-! 3ra9 the 9irin( dia(ra1 of fluorescent la1'! &A7% F B (5 * 10 8 6-) Ans9er All the ;uestions 11! 4or the net9or+ sho9n in fi( ;!11, deter1ine the current $ throu(h the resistance connected bet9een the ter1inal A & B (All resistances are in oh1s)!

(or) 10! 4i( ;!10 sho9s a nu1ber of resistances connected in delta and star! 4ind the resistance across the ter1inal A and B! Use star#delta con@ersion 1ethod!

13! (a) Co1'are )a(netic and Electric circuits! (b) An air cored toroidal coil has ?,- turns, a 1ean len(th of 3-c1 and a cross"sectional area of 5c10! Calculate (i) an inductance of coil and (ii) the a@era(e induced e1f, if a current of ?A is re@ersed in 6- 1illiseconds! (or) 1?! (a) .tate and e*'lain 4aradaDs la9s of Electro1a(netic inductionB (b) %he air (a' in 1a(netic circuits is 1!5 11 lon( and 05-- 11 0 in cross sectional area! Calculate the reluctance of the air (a'!

15! 4ind the 7). Galue and A@era(e @al@e of the tra'e>oidal current 9a@e for1 sho9n in fi( ;!15

i( ;!15 (or) 16! A coil has a resistance of 5H and an inductance of 31!,12! Calculate the current ta+en bD the coil and 'o9er factor 9hen connected to 0--@, 5-2> su''lD! (a) 3ra9 the @ector dia(ra1! (b) $f a non"inducti@e resistance of 1-H is then connected in series 9ith coil, calculate the ne9 @al@e of current and its 'o9er factor! 1C! E*'lain the follo9in( 9ith reference to the indicatin( instru1ents (a) 3eflectin( torEue (b) Controllin( torEue (c) 3a1'in( torEue (or) 1,! E*'lain the 9or+in( 'rinci'le of )o@in( Coil Golt1eter and a11eter 9ith neat dia(ra1! 19! Ahat is the necessitD of earthin( in do1estic 9irin(B 3iscuss in brief the @arious 1ethods of earthin(! (or) 0-! (a) 3ra9 the one line dia(ra1 of a tD'ical 'o9er su''lD sDste1! (b) 3iscuss about the 3o=s and 3on=ts of electrical safetD!