Lab # 01:Dc analysis of parallel resistive circuit.

SSUET/QR/114

Lab # 01
Follows DC analysis of series resistive circuits

Description/Theory:
Components connected in parallel they have the same potential difference (voltage) across their
ends and the same voltage is applied to each component. Circuit connected completely in parallel
is known as a parallel circuit. In a parallel circuit, the voltage across each of the components is
the same, and the total current is the sum of the currents through each component in accordance
with Kirchhoff’s Current Law.

CIRCUIT NO 1(C1):
Build the following given Parallel circuits:

Figure 1.1

CIRCUIT NO 2(C2):

Figure 1.2

EE: 122L: Circuit Analysis 1

 Lab # 01:Dc analysis of parallel resistive circuit. SSUET/QR/114

TASK 1:
Determine what will be the value of current in each branch. Also find the value of total voltage.

TASK 2:
Prove Kirchhoff’s Current law that total current is equal to the sum of the currents flowing in
each branch.

TASK 3:
If R2=2(R1) and R3=2(R2),now take five different values of R1 and observe that what happens
with the current in a particular if the resistance of the branch increases or decreases.

TASK 4:
Calculate the power of each resistor and prove the law of conservation of energy. (Apply for all
cases of task 3).

OBSERVATION TABLE:
S. APPLIED CURRENT RESISTORS CURRENT IN TOTAL POWER POWER
N VOLTAGE FLOWING EACH POWER ACROSS EACH SUPPLED
O BRANCH SUPPLIED RESISTOR Pr1+Pr2+Pr3

Vs Is R R R IR IR IR Pt=Vs Is PR PR PR
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
1. 100 43.85 4 8 16 25 12.50 6.25 4385 2500 1250 625 4375
2. \100 91.77 2 4 6 50 25 16.67 9177 5000 2500 1667 9167
3. 100 41.77 6 12 24 16.67 8.33 16.67 4177 1667 833 1667 6677
4. 100 21.98 8 16 32 12.50 6.25 3.125 2198 1250 625 312.5 2187.5
5. 100

Table 1.1: For task no 3 and task no 4

TASK 5:
Calculate the total input resistance (RT) as seen by the source using Digital Multimeter (DMM).

EE: 122L: Circuit Analysis 2