KATHMANDU School of Engineering

UNIVERSITY Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

ELEMENTS OF ENGINEERING II –TUTORIAL1
To be submitted: Within 7 days
Reference: R. L. Boylestad, Introductory Circuit Analysis, Prentice Hall Inc, Eighth edition, 1999

1. Eight holiday lights are connected in series as shown in figure-1. (a) If the set is
connected to a 120-V source, what is the current through the bulbs if each bulb has an
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internal resistance of 28 8  ? (b) Determine the power delivered to each bulb. (c)
Calculate the voltage drop across each bulb. (d) If one bulb burns out (that is, the filament
opens), what is the effect on the remaining bulbs?

Figure-1
2. Design a voltage divider circuit that will permit the use of an 8-V, 50-mA bulb in an
automobile with a 12-V electrical system. What is the minimum wattage rating of the
chosen resistor if 1⁄4-W, 1⁄2-W and 1-W resistors are available?

3. A portion of a residential service to a home is depicted in figure-2: (a) Determine the

current through each parallel branch of the network. (b) Calculate the current drawn from
the 120-V source. Will the 20-A circuit breaker trip? (c) What is the total resistance of
the network? (d) Determine the power supplied by the 120-V source. How does it
compare to the total power of the load?

Figure-2
4. For the network of figure-3: (a) determine the open-circuit voltage VL. (b) If the 2.2k
resistor is short circuited, what is the new value of VL? (c) Determine VL if the 4.7k
resistor is replaced by an open circuit.
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5. For the series-parallel network of figure-4: (a) Find the current I. (b) Find the currents I3
and I9. (c) Find the current I8. (d) Find the voltage Vab.

Figure-4
6. For the network of figure-5: (a) Determine RT (b) Calculate Va (c) Find V1 (d) Calculate
V2. (e) Determine I (with direction).

Figure-5 Figure-6
7. For the configuration of figure-6: (a) Convert the current source and 6.8 resistor to a
voltage source (b) Find the magnitude and direction of the current I1 (c) Find the voltage
Vab and the polarity of points a and b.
8. Using Y- or -Y conversions, determine the total resistance of the network of figure-7.

Figure-7
9. Find the current Is for the network shown in figure-8.

Figure-8
10. Determine the current Is for the network shown in figure-9.

Figure-9