EXPERIMENT NO.

3: DC POWER MEASUREMENTS
3.1 EXERCISE TITLE: POWER IN A SERIES RESISTIVE CIRCUIT
OBJECTIVES:
1. To determine the power dissipated in a series resistive circuit by using a
power formula.
2. To verify the results with a multimeter.
EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED:
1-F.A.C.E.T Base Unit
1-DC FUNDAMENTALS Circuit Board
2- 15 Vdc Power Supply
1- Multimeter
PROCEDURES:
1. Turn off the power sources. Insert the DC FUNDAMENTALS circuit board into
the base unit. Turn on the power sources.
2. Locate the POWER circuit block, and connect the circuit shown in Figure 4.1-
3. Place the switch in Position A.
3.
Calculate and record the values of

and

. Now measure and

record those same values.

= 5 mA,

= 3 k,

= 5 V,

= 10 V
4. When you consider circuit tolerance, are the calculated values and the
measured values nearly the same or totally different? They are the same.
5. Using the formula P=EI, calculate the total circuit power.

= 75 mW
6. Using the formula P=

/R, calculate the power for

= 25 mW
7. Using the formula P=

R, calculate the power for

= 50 mW
8. Are the values of power calculated in steps 6 and 7 equal to the total circuit
power dissipation you calculated in step 5 (

)? Yes
9. Place the power switch in position B. Which resistor was removed from the
circuit? Which resistor was added and was it added in series with or parallel
to the remaining resistor?

is added,

was removed.
10. Calculate and record the values of

, and

. Now measure and

record those same values.

= 2 k,

= 7.5 mA,

= 7.5 V,

= 7.5 V
11. When you consider component tolerances, are the calculated values and the
measured values totally different or nearly the same? They are nearly the
same.
12. Calculate the power values of

, and

= 7.5 mW,

= 7.5 mW,

= 15 mW
13. The power values recorded in step 15 are higher than the values recorded in
steps 5, 6 and 7. Is the difference due to the circuit in step 12 having a higher

and a lower

than the circuit used previous, or is it due to the circuit in

step 12 having a lower

and a higher

?
It is due to the circuit in step 12 having a lower total resistance and
higher total current.
NOTE: D not turn off the power sources. The F.A.C.E.T setup will be used for
a review question.




CONCLUSION:
- We therefore conclude that in order to determine the power dissipated in a
series resistive circuits we should use the power formula such as P=IE ;
I=E/R ; E
2
/R.
- In order for us to verify the result we have computed we should compared
the computed value to the data we get in the multi meter.
- We have concluded that the total circuit power in the series circuit is equal
to the summation of the power dissipated by resistor.

3.2. EXERCISE TITLE: POWER IN A PARALLEL RESISTIVE CIRCUIT
OBJECTIVES:
1. To determine the power dissipated in a parallel resistive circuit by using a
power formula
2. 2. To verify the result with a multimeter
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
1-F.A.C.E.T Base Unit
1-DC FUNDAMENTAL Circuit Board
2-15 Vdc Power Supply
1-Multimeter
PROCEDURES:
1. Turn off the power sources. Insert the DC FUNADEMENTALS circuit board
into the base unit. Turn on the power sources.
2. Locate the POWER circuit block, and connect the circuit shown in Figure 4.2-
5. Place the switch that is in the POWER circuit block in Position A.

3. Based on the resistor color code, determine and record the values of

and

= 20x

= 20x

4. Measure and record the voltage drop of

What is the power dissipated by

(Use

)?

= 5.2 V,

= 13.52 mW
5. Measure and record the current through

. What is the power dissipated by

(Use

)?

7.51 mA,

= 112.8 mW
6. What is the total power dissipated by the parallel branch of this circuit?

= 126.32mW
7. Use the product-over-sum method to calculate and record the equivalent
resistance of

and

= 1 k
8. Move the switch from position A to position B. Measure and record the
voltage across

= 7.47 V
9. Based on the value recorded of step 8 calculate the value of resistance need
to dissipate 56.250 mW of power (Use R=

/P) R= 991.02
10. Use the resistive color code to determine the value of

. Does this value

match the value you calculated in step 9?

= 10x

11. Measure and record the voltage across

. Use the value to calculate and

record the current and power through

= 7.47V,

= 7.47mA,

= 55.8mW.
12. Based on your observations can the parallel circuit be duplicated by an
equivalent resistance? Yes.
13. If the voltage source in Figure 4.2-5 were doubled to 30Vdc, what would
happen to power dissipation across

(Use the square law relationship of

power to voltage)?

= 0.22 W
14. Calculate power across

when

, the source voltage, is 30Vdc. Does your

answer agree with the answer given in step 13?

= 0.22 W, Yes
15. Do not turn off the power sources. The F.A.C.E.T setup will be used for a
review question.

CONCLUSION
- We therefore conclude that in order to determine the power dissipated in a
parallel resistive circuits we should use the power formula ( P=IE )
- We conclude that in order for us to get the true value , the calculated data
should be or at least almost the same to the value we get in the multi
meter.
- We have concluded that the total dissipated power in the parallel circuit is
equal to the summation of the power dissipated by resistor in the parallel
branch.



3.3. EXERCISE TITLE: POWER IN A SERIES- PARALLEL RESISTIVE
CIRCUIT
OBJECTIVES:
1. To determine the power dissipated in a series-parallel resistive circuit by
using a power formula.
2. To verify the results with a multimeter.
EQUIPMENT NEEDED:
1-F.A.C.E.T Base Unit
1-DC FUNDAMENTALS Circuit Board
2-15 Vdc Power Supply
1-Multimeter
PROCEDURES:
1. Turn off the power sources. Insert the DC FUNDAMENTALS circuit board into
the base unit. Turn on the power source
2. Locate the POWER circuit block, and connect the circuit shown in Figure 4.3-
3. Place the switch in position A.


3. Measure and record the following circuit values

= 14.92 Vdc

= 994

= 5.23 Vdc

= 1941

= 9.69 Vdc

= 1953

= 7.51 mA

= 1967
4. Calculate and record the values of

, and

= 7.59 mA,

= 3.79 mA,

= 3.79 mA
5. Calculate and record the values of

, and

= 113.32 mW,

= 57.26mW,

= 27.9mW,

=28.13 mW
6. Place CM switch 16 in the ON position. Record the following values
NOTE: To measure

make sure that the

circuit is isolated from

and

= 14.91 Vdc

= 1942

= 3.86 Vdc

= 1954

= 11.04 Vdc

= 1988.99 (calculated, CM 16 not included)

= 9.93 mA

= 1485 (measured)

= 994
7. CM switch 16 added a 1,000 resistor to the circuit. Was this resistor placed
in parallel or in series with

and

? This additional resistor cause

to
equal what values? It is connected in parallel with

and

= 1485
8. Calculate and record the values of

and

= _______A

= _______ A

= ______ A

= _______ A
9. Calculate and record the values of

and

= _________W,

= ___________ A

= __________W,

=____________A

=329.68W
CM switch 16 added a 1000 resistor in parallel with

and

, which
lowered

to 500. Did this cause

to increase or to decrease? Did the

change in

cause total circuit power to increase or to decrease? To what value?

Increased,

= 9.93 A
. Turn off CM switch 16. To complete Table 4.3-1, you will evaluate the
transfer of power from the source to the load. Resistor

will act as the source

resistor (

) at 1,000. You will vary the load resistance (

) in three steps,
500, 1,000, and 2,000. Youll also measure the load current (

) between
the source voltage and

= 29.77 mA

= 7.5 mA

= 7.42 mA
12. Verify that the switch is in position A. Using 2 two-post connectors, connect

and

as

. Place CM switch 16 in the ON position. With

and

in parallel, measure and record the value of

. Figure 4.3-4 shows the circuit

configuration and its equivalent with respect to

and

.

13. Measure and record the value of resistance where

is 500

ohms

mAdc

Vdc

mW
500 29.77 14.89 443.13
1,000 7.5 7.5 56.25
2,000 7.42 14.84 110.11

14. Place CM switch 16 in the OFF position. With

and

in parallel,
measure and record

= 973
15. Measure and record the values of Table 4.3-1 where

is 1,000
16. Remove

from the circuit. Measure and record

= 3000
17. Measure and record the values of Table 4.3-1 where

is 2,000.

=
______
18. Refer to Table 4.3-1. At what R value did the voltage source transfer
maximum power? Was maximum power transferred at this value because

was less than

, equal to

, or greater than

? _____________
19. When

was 500 and 2,000 was more power transferred or was less
power transferred? Was load current maximum when load resistance was
maximum or minimum? It has more power when RL is 500 and less when
2000. The load current is at its maximum when the load resistance is in its
minimum.
20. When was the load voltage maximum- when load resistance was maximum
or when load resistance was minimum? ___________
21. Do not turn off the power sources. The F.A.C.E.T setup will be used for a
review question.
CONCLUSION
- We therefore conclude that in order to determine the power dissipated in a
series-parallel resistive circuits we should use the power formula (E
2
/R).
- In verifying the result in we had computed we should compare it to the
value that we have measured.
- We also conclude that we can determine the total power of a circuit by
adding the power dissipated in both series and parallel component of the
circuit.