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Answers To Question EE101-Experiment 1

This document provides answers to 10 questions about analog meters and their components. It describes the coil movement in analog meters, how shunt and multiplier resistors are used to extend the ranges of ammeters and voltmeters, why ammeters need low resistance and voltmeters need high resistance, that electrodynamometer meters are used for wattmeters, how to determine which of two voltmeters is more sensitive, how to calculate the current and voltage for a galvanometer at full scale deflection, and how to calculate the required series resistance to convert a galvanometer to a voltmeter and the required shunt resistance to convert one to an ammeter.

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Answers To Question EE101-Experiment 1

This document provides answers to 10 questions about analog meters and their components. It describes the coil movement in analog meters, how shunt and multiplier resistors are used to extend the ranges of ammeters and voltmeters, why ammeters need low resistance and voltmeters need high resistance, that electrodynamometer meters are used for wattmeters, how to determine which of two voltmeters is more sensitive, how to calculate the current and voltage for a galvanometer at full scale deflection, and how to calculate the required series resistance to convert a galvanometer to a voltmeter and the required shunt resistance to convert one to an ammeter.

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Answers to Question and Problems

1. Describe the type of meter movement used in analog meters.


The type of meter movement is coil. As current flows in the
movable coil which were supported by jeweled bearings between
the poles of a permanent magnet, then the core will be
magnetized. The coil experiences torque and rotates to align its
plane perpendicular to the line joining the poles of the permanent
magnet. The pointer deflects according to the change in the
direction of current flow.
2. What device is used to extend the range of a DC ammeter and
how is it connected to the basic meter?
A shunt resistor is used to extend the range of a DC
ammeter. It allows the measurement of too large current values
since it is placed in series with the load so that all of the current
to be measured will flow through it. It is connected across the
meter terminals and may be located inside (internal shunts) or
outside (external shunts) the meter case.
3. What device is used to extend the range of a DC voltmeter and
how is it connected to the basic meter?
A device called multiplier resistor is also added on the
circuit to extend the range of dc voltmeter. It will then affect the
voltage in the voltmeter but not the current. Adding a resistor
with the same resistance with the voltmeter, the range will be
doubled.

4. Why is it necessary that an ammeter be a low resistance


instrument? Why must a voltmeter be a high resistance
instrument?
Ammeters are used in series while voltmeters are used in
parallel between two points, where the measurement is to be
made. Ammeter is necessary to be a low resistance instrument
and the voltmeter must be a high resistance instrument so that
these meters would not alter the behavior of the circuit.
5. What type of basic meter is configured as a wattmeter?
Electrodynamometer meter is configured as a wattmeter. An
electrodynamometer is an instrument used for measuring the
electric power.
6. Two 150V voltmeters are being compared; meter A has 5k/V
while meter B has a total meter resistance of 750k. Which is the
more sensitive meter? Why?
Voltmeter sensitivity is expressed in ohms per volt. It is the
resistance of the voltmeter at the full-scale reading in volts. Using
the equation for computing voltmeter sensitivity which is total
resistance over the input resistance, meter B is more sensitive
meter who has 5K/V than meter A which has 33.33 /V.
7. What

current

is

required

for

full

scale

deflection

of

galvanometer having a current sensitivity of 50A per scale


division? The meter has exactly 50 divisions on either side of the
mid-scale index.
I =50

A
250 divisions
division
I =5 mA

8. What potential difference appears across the galvanometer


described in problem 6 when the pointer is fully deflected? The
meter resistance is 10.
voltmeter sensitivity=5 k / V

I m= 5

k
V

=2 104 A

V =I m R m=( 2104 A ) (10 )


V =2 mV

9. Determine the series resistance needed to convert a


galvanometer to a voltmeter reading 15V on full scale deflection
if a current of 2.5mA causes full scale deflection and the
resistance of the coil is 10.
V T =I m ( R s+ R m )
Rs =

VT
15 V
R m=
10
Im
0.0025 A

Rs =5990

10.

Determine the shunt resistance needed to convert a

galvanometer to an ammeter with a full scale reading of 10A if


the scale requires 2.5mA to ca
resistance of 10.

use full deflection with a coil

Rsh=

I m Rm ( 0.0025 A ) (10 )
=
I T I m 10 A0.0025 A

Rsh=2.501 m

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