Electrical Circuits 1 (Laboratory) Activity 2

ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS 1
LAB
First to Light Lab

GROUP 8
MENDOZA, MARK JUSTINE
NATIVIDAD, JEFFREY
YALUNG, AARON JOHN
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First to Light Bulb

Purposes:
To determine which light bulb (if any) within a 2‐ or a 3‐bulb circuit is the first to light.

A complete lab write‐up includes a Title, a Purpose, a Data section, and a Conclusion. The Data section
should include a diagram of the 2‐ or the 3‐bulb circuit and some clearly documented observations. The
observations should be pertinent to the Purpose. The Conclusion should (as always) answer the question
posed in the Purpose of the lab.

Materials and Procedure:

D Cells and Battery Holder Alligator Leads Bulbs and Bases

Procedure:
The team arrange a circuit with two or three bulbs.

They then turned off the lights in the working area so that they can identify which bulb lights
first easily. They then took a video of the activity in a normal speed and a slow motion. They then open
and close the circuit by disconnecting a wire at one of its ends. They do their best to determine if they
are able to notice a difference in lighting time for the bulb. They repeat the process for several of the
wires in an attempt to identify an answer to the question posed in the Purpose.
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Diagram:

Data Section:

TABLE A NORMAL ORDER ABC

Trials Light Bulb A Light Bulb B Light Bulb C
1 1st 2nd 3rd
2 1st 2nd 3rd
3 3rd 2nd 1st
4 1st 2nd 3rd
5 3rd 2nd 1st

TABLE B Light Bulb A and C has swapped position

Trials Light Bulb C Light Bulb B Light Bulb A
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1 1st 2nd 3rd

2 1st 2nd 3rd
3 1st 2nd 3rd
4 3rd 2nd 1st
5 1st 2nd 3rd

What did you observed in your normal video in lab experiment?

Yalung: I observed that they are all light up the same with just using our eyes even when we watched
the slow part it’s still hard to notice the difference and timing when it come on lighting up the bulb. Also
the first take, light bulb A always light up first and light brighter than the others but when we try to
exchange the light bulb of A and C the brighter bulb will always light up first in my observation even in
any terminals.

Mendoza: it is obvious that they will all light up at the same time using our naked eyes since light
speed is really fast. But when we use slow motion we noticed that there is this difference between the
bulbs. Bulbs near the Terminals always lights first.

Natividad: Base on my observation they just lit up at the same time using our naked eye, but i think if
you use a machine that can slow up to 100x or more we will see if who will light first the a or c bulb.

Which light within a simple electric circuit is the first to light? Is it the light
closest to the positive terminal? ... closest to the negative terminal? ... or do all
lights seem to light at the same time?
Conclusion:
We decided and combine all our observation and data gathered, We would say the bulb always
light at the same time, there is just small difference when the filament of the bulbs heat up faster it will
attract our eyes first. Although which exact bulb will be glowing first would not be seen by human eye.
The same current would be experienced by each. If not, then the relative ratings and mass of the
filaments would determine which got to which temperature first. We would probably need high speed
instrumentation to monitor it

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