AES 301E – BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

LABORATORY EXERCISES

Name: ________________________________________________ Course: ________ Date: ___________

Yr. & Sec.: ___________ Lab. No.: 6 Instructor: ____________________________

Exercise 6: Voltage and Current Divider

. OBJECTIVES:

1. Explore the concepts of the Voltage and Current Dividers.

II. EQUIPMENTS:

 DC Power Supply
 Prototype Board
 1 Digital Multimeter (DMM)
 Resistors: (1) 820 ohms
(1) 1.3 kilohms,
(1) 5.6 kilohms,
(1) 1.6 kilohms
(1) 4.7 kilohms

III. PROCEDURES:

PART I: The Voltage Divider

Figure 1

1. Calculate VR1 and VR2 using the Voltage Divider formula.

SHOW ALL WORK!
VR1 = _____________ VR2 = _____________

Calculate the following quantities:

IT = _____________ PR1 = ____________

PR2 = ____________ PT = _____________

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2. Construct the circuit (Figure 1) and make the following measurements and REMEMBER to
disconnect the power supply to measure the resistance:

3. If an 820Ω resistor (R3) is added IN PARALLEL to R1, what are the values of VR1and VR2
using the Voltage Divider formula?

PART II: Voltage Dividers Part 2

Figure 2

1. Calculate the VR1, VR2 and VR3 using the Voltage Divider formula. SHOW ALL WORK!

VR1 = _________ VR2 = __________ VR3 = __________

Calculate the following quantities:

IT = _____________ PR1 = ____________

PR2 = ____________ PR3 = ____________ PT = _____________

2. Construct the circuit (Figure 2) and make the following measurements. Remember to
disconnect the power supply when measuring resistance:

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PART III: The Current Divider

Figure 3

1. Calculate the IR1 and IR2 using the Current Divider formula. SHOW ALL WORK!
IR1 = _____________ IR2 = _____________

Calculate the following quantities:

PR1 = ____________ PR2 = ____________ PT = _____________

2. Construct the circuit (Figure 3) and make the following measurements and REMEMBER to
disconnect the power supply to measure the resistance:

3. If an 8.2 kΩ resistor (R3) is added IN SERIES to R1 and R2, what are the values of
VR1 and VR3 using the Voltage Divider formula?

IV. CONCLUSION

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