Electrodynamics Instrument

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION

•Two Magnetic Field Coils

• Usually has air damping
• No iron core, flux path is entirely
air
• Moving coil current is much
larger than PMMC
• TD α Ifc x Imc
• TD α I2
AC OPERATION
ELECTRODYNAMIC VOLTMETER AND AMMETER
 ELECTRODYNAMIC AMMETER

• The swamping resistance is a resistor with zero temperature coefficient,

put in series with the meter movement in an ammeter circuit. The meter
movement is sensitive to changes in temperature, it changes resistance
due to this. So the accuracy of the ammeter suffers.
• But the swamping resistance is 20 to 30 times the resistance of the meter
movement, so that changes in meter movement resistance make very little
difference in the overall series resistance and therefore very little change in
sensitivity.
 ELECTRODYNAMIC WATTMETER

• Most important use is as wattmeter

• Field coils are connected in series with load in
which power is to be measured
• Moving coil and Rm are connected in parallel with
load
• Field coils carry load current and moving coil
current is proportional to load voltage
• Instrument deflection is proportional to products
of the two currents, deflection = C x EI
 ELECTRODYNAMIC WATTMETER

• Most important use is as wattmeter

• Field coils are connected in series with load in
which power is to be measured
• Moving coil and Rm are connected in parallel with
load
• Field coils carry load current and moving coil
current is proportional to load voltage
• Instrument deflection is proportional to products
of the two currents, deflection = C x EI
 ELECTRODYNAMIC WATTMETER

• Error may be compensated by winding

an additional thin conductor right
along each turn on the field coils
• Additional coil becomes part of voltage
coil circuit
• The voltage coil circuit is seen to be
connected directly across the load, so
that the moving coil current is always
proportional to load current
• Additional winding carries moving coil
current and cancels field flux due to Iv