Electric Circuits

Experiment No 6

Session: 2016

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Electric Circuits
Lab Manual
Experiment No 6
Dr. Syed Shah Irfan Hussain
Assistant Professor

Student Name:

Umer Shahid
Lecturer

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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 6
To verify the Thevenins theorem
Objective:
In this experiment we will be able to achieve following advantages
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 thevenin Theorem
5. To find the thevenin equivalent circuit

Apparatus:

Resistors (of 1k or color code value equal to or greater than 10 k available in the Lab)
Breadboard
Multi-meter

Theoretical Background
Thevenins theorem
Any two-node linear network may be replaced by a voltage source equal to the open-circuit
voltage
between the nodes in series with the resistance
as seen by a load at this point.
is the open-circuit voltage across the terminals A and B i.e. find the voltage that the network
produces across the two terminals with an open-circuit between A and B. This voltage is called the
Thevenin Equivalent Voltage.
is the open-circuit resistance across the terminals A and B but
with all the voltage sources replaced by short circuit and current sources replaced by open circuit.
This resistance is called the Thevenin Equivalent Resistance
.
The output of the Thevenin and actual circuits are the same. This condition is called the Terminal
Equivalency from the viewpoint of the Two Output Terminals. Although Thevenin Equivalent
circuit is not the same as its original network, it acts as same in terms of the output voltage and
current.
Laboratory Tasks
1. By using resistors of 10 k or color code value greater than 10 k available in the Lab
construct the circuit as shown in Fig. 1 below.
2. Apply Thevenins theorem to calculate the values of
and
by using the following
Equations (6.1) and (6.2). Show the calculations in the space provided above Table 1 and
record these values in Table 1 under calculated column.
(0.5)
(6.1)

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(6.2)

Fig.1
3. Measure the open circuit voltage in Fig.1 and record this as
under the measured column
of Table 1.
(1)
4. Replace the source with a short circuit, and measure the resistance between the terminals A
and B by using an ohmmeter. Record this as
under the measured column of Table 1. (1)
5. By using the values of
and
construct a practical Thevenin equivalent circuit as
shown in Fig.2 on the breadboard.

Fig.2
6. Place a load (Use any standard resistor greater than 1k as a load) between the terminals A
and B of Fig.1 and Fig.2.
7. Calculate the voltage across the load between A and B terminals and the current passing
through the load for both the actual circuit of Fig.1 and its Thevenin equivalent of Fig.2 in
the space provided below Table 1 and record them in Table 2. For the Thevenin equivalent
you can use the equations (6.3) and (6.4)
(1+0.5)
(6.3)
(6.4)
8. Measure the load voltage and resulting load current for both circuits of Fig.1 and fig.2.
Record these values in Table 2.
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9. Observations & Calculations:

Calculations for
and
:

Table 1
Thevenin Parameters
Calculated
Vth
Rth

Measured/Observed
Vth
Rth

Calculations of voltage and current for a load connected between A and B terminals for both Fig.1
and Fig.2

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Table 2
Loaded Circuit Parameters
Parameters
Calculated for
Measured
original circuit ( by for Thevenin original circuit Thevenin
Node or Mesh equivalent
Equivalent circuit
Analysis)
circuit
IL
VL

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