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Beem Mini Project - 5: Topic: Working of Moving Coil Meter

This document summarizes the working of a moving coil meter. It discusses that a moving coil meter uses a coil that rotates in a magnetic field to measure current. When current passes through the coil, it creates its own magnetic field that interacts with the permanent magnet's field, causing the coil to rotate. The amount of rotation depends on the current magnitude. Key advantages are its directionality, accuracy, and ability to measure both voltage and current with the same instrument. However, it can only be used for DC measurements. Applications include constructing AC galvanometers and measuring electricity flow.

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Beem Mini Project - 5: Topic: Working of Moving Coil Meter

This document summarizes the working of a moving coil meter. It discusses that a moving coil meter uses a coil that rotates in a magnetic field to measure current. When current passes through the coil, it creates its own magnetic field that interacts with the permanent magnet's field, causing the coil to rotate. The amount of rotation depends on the current magnitude. Key advantages are its directionality, accuracy, and ability to measure both voltage and current with the same instrument. However, it can only be used for DC measurements. Applications include constructing AC galvanometers and measuring electricity flow.

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BEEM MINI PROJECT –5

TOPIC: WORKING OF MOVING


COIL METER
GROUP MEMBERS:
VENKATA RAKESH CHUNDURI(111520104173)
THANIKONDA SATHYA SAI(111520104166)
VINNAKOTI KOUSHEEK(111520104176)
MOVING COIL METER:

A moving-coil meter is a very common for analog voltmeter because


of its sensitivity, accuracy, and linear scale, although it only responds
to DC signals.
• Moving Coil Meter is a widely used measuring instrument because
of its accuracy and sensitivity.
• These instruments are directional and they can be used for DC
measurements.
• This device can be used as an ammeter, voltmeter, galvanometer,
and ohmmeter.
DIAGRAM OF MOVING COIL METER:
PRINCIPLE OF MOVING COIL METER:

• The working principle of permanent magnet moving coil


type instruments is, When a current being measured is
applied to the coil through control springs, it creates a
magnetic field. Interaction between this induced field and
the field produced by the magnet produces a torque in
the coil. This causes the coil to rotate and the pointer
deflects on the scale.
• The spring is controlled by the spring control method. The
damping torque is produced by the eddy current damping.
WORKING OF MOVING COIL METER:
• With the probes unconnected, the meter is like a circuit broken by an open switch: no
current can flow into the meter or the coil inside it.
• With no current flowing, the coil generates no magnetic field and the pointer stays at
zero.
• Connect the meter probes to something you're testing (such as a circuit board), and
current will immediately start to flow through the meter and the coil inside it.
• The moving current creates a temporary magnetic field around the coil that repels the
magnetic field created by the permanent magnet. The strength of the magnetic field is
directly related to the size of the current that flows through the coil.
• The greater the current, the greater the magnetic field produced by the coil, and the
higher up the dial the pointer moves.
ADVANTAGES:

• The moving coil meter is directional and has a uniform scale


• High accuracy
• The torque-weight ratio is high
• Power consumption is less
• The same instrument can be used for the measurement of voltage
and current
DISADVANTAGES:

• The cost is high


• Moving coil meter can be used for only DC measurements
APPLICATIONS:

• To construct an AC galvanometer and detect small DC currents.


• Fluxmeters use this instrument to measure the electricity flowing
through the coil by eliminating the control springs.
• Ballistic galvanometer makes use of moving coil meter by adjusting
the control springs with a large moment of inertia.

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