De La Salle University – Dasmarinas

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

T-EEET210LA – Elementary Electrical Engineering Lab

EXPERIMENT NO. 4
Voltage Divider and Current Divider I1= (R2 / R1 + R2) * I
I2= (R1 / R1 + R2) * I

NAME Kim Benedict T. Aguilar It is important to note that current division can only
SECTION MEE21 be applied to two parallel resistors. If there are
DATE 10/12/22 more than two parallel resistors, then current
PERFORMED division cannot be determined by using the above
DATE 01/27/23 equations.
SUBMITTED
INSTRUCTOR ENGR. JOEY DANDAN III. EQUIPMENTS NEEDED

Materials Needed:
I. OBJECTIVES
1) Breadboard
2) Resistors
1. To study the relationships of resistance, current,
3) Connecting Wires
and voltage in the voltage and current divider
4) Power Supply Connectors
circuits.
Instruments Needed:
2. learning Voltage divider formulas as well as the
Difference between DC and AC as well as learning
1) VOM
different color’s meaning in color coding.
2) DMM
3) DC Power Supply
3. Grasps of measuring resistance, voltage and
current in the messurements and of course, how
IV. EXPERIMENT PROPER
to determine the measured observed values, and
percent difference
1) Measure the resistances of the resistors given
into your group.
II. INTRODUCTION
2) Build the circuit shown below. Let your
A voltage divider circuit (also called potential
instructor assign the values of the components
divider) is a series network which is used to feed
and don't turn on the power supply until your
other networks with a number of different voltages,
instructor checked the connections.
all derived from a single input voltage source.
3) Record the values indicated by the ammeters,
A1, A2, and A3.
The voltage distribution for the voltage divider
circuit shown below is given by:
4) Afterwards, measure and record the potential
difference of each resistor by connecting a
V1= (R1 / R1 + R2) * V
voltmeter across them.
V2= (R2 / R1 + R2) * V
The principle of voltage division: the voltage
5) From the obtained values for the resistors,
across series resistors divides up in direct
solve for the current flowing through, and voltage
proportion to their resistances. Larger resistances
across each resistor using the voltage divider
have larger voltage drops in the voltage divider.
formulas.
For the current divider circuit shown below, the 6) Calculate the percent difference and fill up
current through resistors R1 and R2 in terms of corresponding the part of the table shown in the
the total current I is given by: end of this section.

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*Repeat the same procedures from part I, but use
the circuit shown below and the current divider
formulas in calculating the individual
currents:

V. CONCLUSION

1. Grasps of measuring resistance, voltage and

current in the messurements and of course, how
to determine the measured observed values, and
percent difference

2. Learning Voltage divider formulas as well as the

Difference between DC and AC as well as learning
different color’s meaning in color coding.

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