Electric Circuits

Experiment No 4

Session: 2016

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Electric Circuits
Lab Manual
Experiment No 4
Dr. Syed Shah Irfan Hussain
Assistant Professor

Student Name:

Umer Shahid
Lecturer

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Registration Number: ____________________________________________

Section:

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Important Instructions
Every student should have lab manual in the lab; otherwise there will no evaluation
and attendance.
Every student should fill his/her own manual in the lab complete in all respects,
otherwise there will be deduction of marks, and no excuse will be accepted.
Student should read the manual before coming to the lab.
Waveforms should be made with pencils preferably and should be on proper scale.
Plot at least two cycles of each waveform.
Familiarize yourself with any software for circuit simulation like LT spice, Multisim
or Proteus

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Experiment No 4

Session: 2016

Experiment No 4
To verify Kirchhoffs voltage and current laws
Objective:
In this experiment we will get
1. Hands on experience to implement a practical DC electric circuit on a breadboard.
2. To use the variable power supply to adjust any value of voltage and current limit.
3. To use a multi-meter to measure voltage, current and resistance.
4. To verify KCL and KVL.

Apparatus:

Resistors(1 k and Use other resistors of color code value greater than 1k available in the
Lab)
Breadboard
Multi-meter

Pre- Lab Assignment

Choose values for R1, R2, R3 and R4 from the 3rd experiment performed in the last week. Connect
them as the circuit shown in Fig.1 below.
Is

Fig. 1

Calculate the following in the space provided below:

Voltages: VAB, VBC, VAD, VDC, VBD, and VAC
Currents: I1, I2, I3, I4and Is.

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Theoretical Background
Kirchhoffs Voltage Law (KVL):
The algebraic sum of all voltages around any closed path is equal to zero.
Kirchhoffs current Law (KCL):
The algebraic sum of all currents at a junction point is equal to zero.

Laboratory Tasks
1. Take five resistors (resistances 1K). Find their resistances by color code and by a
DMM. Record your observations in Table 1 and complete it.
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2. Connect the circuit as shown, and have it checked by the instructor. Adjust the supply
voltage Vs to 5V and check it using a dc voltmeter.
3. Measure the voltages VAB, VBC, VAD, VDC, VBD, and VAC by a DMM and record their values
(including the signs) in Table 1. Also complete Table 2.
(2)
4. Measure the currents I1, I3 and Is and record their values (including the signs) in Table 2.
Also complete Table 3.
(2)

Observations and Calculations:

Table 1
R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

Color code value /

Nominal value
DMM value
% Error
Table 2
Voltage

VAB

VBC

VAD

VDC

VBD

VAC

Theoretical
Experimental
(DMM)
% Error
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Table 3
Current

I1

I2

I3

I4

Is

Theoretical
Experimental
(DMM)
% Error

Laboratory Report
1. For the circuit in Fig1, verify KVL by adding the experimental values of voltages around the
following loops. Write the values of the voltages after every loop (in the space provided below)
to verify KVL.
1.1 ABCEFA:
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1.2 ABDA

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1.3 CDAC

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2. For the same circuit verify KCL by adding the experimental values of current at the following
nodes. Write the values of the currents at every node (in the space provided below) to verify
KVL.
a. A
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b. B

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c. C

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3. Do the experimental and theoretical values of voltages and currents agree? Give possible reasons
for any discrepancies.
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