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Why should we add a high resistance in series with the Why do we need to convert a galvanometer to a
galvanometer while converting the galvanometer into a voltmeter? What is the purpose?
voltmeter? Why do we connect a resistance in series with a
galvanometer to convert it into a voltmeter?
What are the safety precautions in using a
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galvanometer?
Loring Chien, Spacecraft depend on physics How and why can a galvanometer be used as a
6.9k Views • Loring is a Most Viewed Writer in Electrical Engineering with 34 endorsements. voltmeter?
a galvanometer is a current measuring meter. Usually they will have fairly low resistance. While converting galvanometer to ammeter, how do I
take the appropriate shunt wire across it?
To convert it to measure volts you need to limit the current or it will short out the
How can be a galvanometer can be converted into
measurement point and likely peg the meter very hard. ammeter?
To convert a voltage to a current, use ohm's law to select the resistor. Subtract the Why should a galvanometer be connected in series?
resistance of the galvanometer if it is known.
Why is a galvanometer not suitable to use as an
ammeter?
If the galvanometer is 100 uA full scale and you want to display 10V fullscale then you will
need a total of 100 Kohm resistance (e.g. R=10V/100uA) in series including the meter. Why is it called a moving coil galvanometer?
What is your review of Galvanometer?
Don't forget to take into account that the "voltmeter" you have created will have in input
impedance of 100K ohm and that may affect your circuit with loading although 100K is
pretty high for most circuits.
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Why do we need to convert a galvanometer to a voltmeter? What is the purpose?
Why do we connect a resistance in series with a galvanometer to convert it into a voltmeter?
What are the safety precautions in using a galvanometer?
How and why can a galvanometer be used as a voltmeter?
While converting galvanometer to ammeter, how do I take the appropriate shunt wire across
it?
Maroof Mohammed Farooq, Master's Student in Data Science at University of
Southern California
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Generally, galvanometers are sensitive ammeters which are used for indicating the
direction of current. They are placed in series with the circuit. The internal resistance of
galvanometers are close to zero. The following image shows the basic construction of a
galvanometer. For more details on working and construction of a galvanometer , go
through the link below:
MOVING COIL GALVANOMETERGALVANOMETERCONSTRUCTION OF
GALVANOMETER
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Galvanometers can be converted and calibrated to read the voltage across a component.
Note that the galvanometer , which is calibrated to read the voltage , is connected in
parallel with the circuit component. We know that, the resistance of a voltmeter should be
ideally infinite. This is because maximum amount of current should pass through the
circuit component. This will ensure that we don't alter the voltage across that component
after connecting a voltmeter. By placing a high value of resistance in series with the
galvanometer, we ensure that least amount of current flows through the galvanometer.
To the contrary, if we place a low value of resistance in series with the galvanometer and
connect it in parallel with the circuit component , the current flowing in the circuit will get
divided between the two parallel paths and the voltage drop across the component will be
less and inaccurate.
The following circuit , in which galvanometer acts as a voltmeter , will make it clear:
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Voltmeter is an instrument used to measure the potential difference between any two
points in a circuit. It is always connected in parallel to the circuit across the component
where we want know the potential difference and will not alter the current flowing
through the circuit neither will it draw current from the main circuit. The current should
be negligible through the voltmeters if the resistance of the voltmeter should be high. For
an ideal voltmeter the resistance should be infinity which is impractical but.Lets see how
to convert galvanometer into voltmeter in this page.A galvanometer is the sensitive
instrument used to measure small currents.
Now our interest is to convert a galvanometer to voltmeter to measure the potential
difference across any component in a circuit. This can be done by adding a suitable high
resistance in series with galvanometer. When high resistance is connect in series with the
galvanometer, very negligible current flow through it.
a galvanometer G connected in series with high resistor R across a component in the
circuit. We are interested to know the potential difference Δ V across the component. If I
is the maximum current through the galvanometer then according ohms law
Δ V = (R +G) I.
Here R is the resistance that is connected in series with galvanometer resistance G. From
the above equation
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(R +G) = ΔVI
Resistance that is to be connected in series is
R = ΔVI G.
Now we will decide what would be the value of the resistance that is connected in series
with the galvanometer. Let’s say we need a voltmeter of to measure voltage between 0
10V, and we have galvanometer specifying that its resistance is 20ohms and maximum
permissible current is 0.1mA.
R = 10V0.1×10−3 20 Ω
= 99980 Ω
≃ 100k ω.
The high resistance needed is ≃ 100kΩ. We can build any range of voltmeter by suitable
high resistance in series to the galvanometer.
source: Conversion of Galvanometer into Voltmeter
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