Tutorial One: General Electrical System

1. Calculate the resistance of a 100m length of wire with a uniform cross-sectional area of
0.02 mm2 and resistivity of 40𝜇Ω − 𝑐𝑚. Calculate its new resistance if the wire is drawn
out to four times its original length. [Ans: 2000 Ohms and 32000 Ohms]
2. A silver wire has a resistance of 2.5Ω. What will be the resistance of a manganin wire
having a diameter, half of the silver wire and length one third? The specific resistance
of manganin is 30 times that of silver. [Ans: 100 Ohms]
3. An aluminium wire 7.5 m long is connected in parallel with a copper wire 6 m long.
When a current of 5 A is passed through the combination, it is found that the current in
the aluminium wire is 3 A. The diameter of the aluminium wire is 1 mm. Determine the
diameter of the copper wire. The resistivity of copper is 0.017 μΩ-m; that of aluminium
is 0.028 μΩ-m. [Ans: 0.569 mm]
4. A lead wire and an iron wire are connected in parallel. Their respective specific
resistances are in the ratio 49:24. The former carries 80 percent more current than the
latter and the latter is 47 percent longer than the former. Determine the ratio of their
cross-sectional areas. [Ans: 0.4]
5. A certain winding made up of copper has a resistance of 100 Ohms at room temperature.
If the temperature coefficient of copper at 00C is 0.00428 /0C, Calculate the winding
resistance if the temperature is increased to 500C. Assume room temperature as 250C.
[Ans: 109.6657 ohms]
6. A resistance element having a cross-sectional area of 10 mm2 and a length of 10 meters
takes a current of 4A from a 220V supply at an ambient temperature of 200C. Find out
i) the resistivity of the material and ii) the current it will take when the temperature rises
to 600C. Assume 𝛼!" = 0.0003/" 𝐶. [Ans: 55.66𝜇Ω − 𝑚 and 3.9525A]
7. The filament of a 240 V metal-filament lamp is to be constructed from a wire having a
diameter of 0.02 mm and a resistivity at 20°C of 4.3 μΩ-cm. If α = 0.005/°C, what
length of filament is necessary if the lamp is to dissipate 60 watts at a filament
temperature of 2420°C? [Ans: 54cm]
8. At an ambient temperature of 20 C, the machine is operating at a resistance of 150
0

Ohms. After running for 6 hrs, the resistance of the machine was 175 ohms. The
temperature coefficient of resistance is 4.3*10-3/K at 00C. Determine the temperature
rise of the machine. [Ans: 42.0980C]
9. When a potential difference of 10 V is applied to a coil of copper wire of mean
temperature 20 °C, a current of 1.0 A flows in the coil. After some time the current falls
to 0.95 A yet the supply voltage remains unaltered. Determine the mean temperature of
the coil given that the temperature coefficient of resistance of copper is 4.28 × 10−3/°C
referred to 0 °C. [Ans: 33.4 °C]
10. A coil connected to a dc supply of 100V drew a current of 13A at a room temperature
of 250C. After some time, its temperature increased to 700C and the current fell to 8.5A.
Find the current it draws when its temperature will further rises to 800C. Also, find the
temperature coefficient of resistance of the coil at 200C.
[Ans: 12.675 Ohms and 0.0125/oC]
 Tutorial Two: DC Circuits [Series and Parallel Reduction]

1. Find the equivalent resistance of the following circuits. [Ans: 6 Ohms, 22.5 Ohms, 10
Ohms, 10 Ohms]

2.
 Tutorial Three: DC Circuits [Nodal Analysis]

1. Using Nodal Analysis method, find the current through 3 ohm resistor?
2. Use nodal analysis to find the current through 8 ohm resistor in the circuit.
3. Determine the power dissipated by 5 ohm resistor in the circuit, using nodal analysis.
4. Find the current I in the circuit of figure given by applying nodal voltage.
5. Find the power loss in the resistor R1 of the network shown, using nodal analysis.
6. Find the values of V1, V2 and the current flowing through the 4 ohm resistor.

Q.2
Q.1

Q.3 Q.4

Q.5
Q.6
 Tutorial Four: DC Circuits [Mesh Analysis]

1. Determine the current flowing through each resistor in the circuit shown.
2. Use loop-current method to find the currents through each of the resistance for the
network given.
3. Determine the current in the 5 ohm resistor in the network shown, using loop
formulation method.
4. Calculate the voltage across AB in the circuit shown and indicate the polarity of
voltage.
5. Obtain the currents flowing through 2 ohm resistor of the network shown using mesh
analysis.

Q.1
.

Q.2.

Q.3 Q.4.
.

Q.5.
 Tutorial Five: Star/Delta Transformation

1. Using delta-star transformation, determine the

current drawn from the supply for the given network.

2. Find the current I as shown in the figure below

using star-delta transformation.

3. Using star/delta and delta/star conversion, find the resistance between the terminals A and
B.

4. Find the equivalent resistance between terminal A and

B using delta to star transformation.

5. Find Equivalent Resistance between X and Y. [Ans:10.31818]

 Tutorial Six: Superposition Theorem

1. Using the superposition theorem to calculate the current through the 6-ohm resistor in
the following network.

r=1Ω

2. Using superposition theorem, find the current in resistor R3 in the circuit shown in
figure below.

3. Calculate the current in the 15 ohm resistor in the network shown in figure below
using superposition theorem.

4. Using superposition theorem, determine currents in all

the resistors of the following circuit.
5. Find i using Superposition Theorem. [ Ans: 2A]
 Tutorial Seven: Thevenin Theorem

1. For the circuit shown in the figure below, calculate the current in the 10-ohm resistance
using Thevenin’s theorem.

2. What is the power loss in the 10-ohm resistor? Use Thevenin’s theorem.

3. For the circuit shown in the figure below, calculate the current in the 8 ohm resistance
using Thevenin’s theorem and Mesh.

4. Find Current through 10 ohm. [Vth=360/13, Rth=228/13]

 Tutorial Eight: Maximum Power Transfer Theorem

1. Find RL for maximum power transfer and value of maximum power. [Ans: RL=2
ohms, P=4.5 W]

2. Find RL for maximum power transfer and value of maximum power [Ans: 12 W]

3. Find the value of RL for which the maximum power is transferred in the load resistance
R. Also, find the maximum power that can be transferred to the load resistance RL.

4. Calculate the value of R to receive maximum power and hence the maximum power
received by it for the network given below.
Tutorial Nine: Capacitor and Inductor