POWER IN DC CIRCUITS
PART 1
(COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT)
I.
OBJECTIVES
THEORY
III.
IV.
1.
None
PROCEDURE
The circuits in the following steps are the circuits you considered in
Experiment 5.
a. Enter your calculated values (taken from Experiment 5) in the spaces
provided in each step.
b. Using the formulas given in the theory section, calculate the power
dissipated in each resistance element.
Record these values in the
spaces provided.
c. Calculate the sum of the powers PT dissipated by all the resistors in
the circuit. Record this value in the space provided.
d. Calculate the power delivered by the power supply (Ps = Ein x Ir).
Record this value in the space provided.
e. Compare the power dissipated (c) to the power supplied (d) and state,
under remarks, whether the result is satisfactory.
2.
Calculated Values
Power Dissipated
V1 = _______________
PR1 = _______________
I1 = _______________
PT = _______________
IT = _______________
Remarks: ___________________________________
3.
PS = _______________
Calculated Values
Power Dissipated
V1 = _______________
PR1 = _______________
V2 = _______________
PR2 = _______________
I1 = _______________
I2 = _______________
PT = _______________
IT = _______________
Remarks: ___________________________________
4.
PS = _______________
Calculated Values
Power Dissipated
V1 = _______________
PR1 = _______________
V2 = _______________
PR2 = _______________
V3 = _______________
PR3 = _______________
I1 = _______________
I2 = _______________
PT = _______________
I3 = _______________
IT = _______________
Remarks: ___________________________________
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PS = _______________
5.
Calculated Values
Power Dissipated
IT = _______________
PR1 = _______________
I1 = _______________
PR2 = _______________
I2 = _______________
V1 = _______________
PT = _______________
V2 = _______________
Remarks: ___________________________________
PS = _______________
Calculated Values
Power Dissipated
IT = _______________
PR1 = _______________
I1 = _______________
PR2 = _______________
I2 = _______________
V1 = _______________
PT = _______________
V2 = _______________
Remarks: ___________________________________
7.
PS = _______________
Calculated Values
Power Dissipated
IT = _______________
PR1 = _______________
I1 = _______________
PR2 = _______________
I2 = _______________
PR3 = _______________
I3 = _______________
V1 = _______________
PT = _______________
V2 = _______________
V3 = _______________
Remarks: ___________________________________
PS = _______________
8.
Calculated Values
Power Dissipated
I2 = _______________
PR1 = _______________
I1 = _______________
PR2 = _______________
V1 = _______________
VA = _______________
PT = _______________
IT = _______________
Remarks: ___________________________________
9.
PS = _______________
Calculated Values
Power Dissipated
V1 = _______________
PR1 = _______________
V2 = _______________
PR2 = _______________
V3 = _______________
PR3 = _______________
VA = _______________
I2 = _______________
PT = _______________
I3 = _______________
IT = _______________
Remarks: ___________________________________
PS = _______________
PS = _______________
CONCLUSION
None
VIII. QUESTIONS
1. Knowing that one watt of electric power is converted into 3.43 BTU of heat
per hour, calculate the BTU of heat given off by a toaster rated at 600
watts.
2. The circuit of Step 5 has the 100 ohms and 50 ohms resistors in parallel
across a 60 volts source. If both resistors were the same physical size,
which one would become hotter? Explain.
3. All three resistors in the circuit of Step 7 attain the same temperature
during operation.
Which resistor has to be largest physical?
The
smallest? Explain.
4. Fill in the unknown values in Table 6.1.
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P, watts
E, volts
I, amperes
5
6
2
40
20
Table 6.1
3
4
50
100
10
100
6
50
1000
10
100
50
10
12
7
70
140
8
12
6
E,
I,
P,
R,
volts
amperes
watts
ohms
1
120
1
2
3
60
Table 6.2
3
4
120
6
120
10
12
8
40
8
250
10
6. A
100-watt
incandescent
lamp
has
a
resistance
when
cold
(lamp
extinguished) that is only 1/12 of its hot (lamp illuminated) resistance
value.
a. What is the lamp current and its hot resistance when placed across a
120-volt line?
b. What is the cold resistance of this lamp?
c. What is the instantaneous current through the lamp at the moment it is
switched ON?
d. What power does the lamp dissipate at this instant?
Reference:
Direct-Current Vol. 1
By Dawes