INTRODUCTION

The electric current is the flow of electrons in a circuit and measuringunits are
Amperes, but to this happen is necessary a strength, called voltage, to measures this
strengths use is made to measuringinstruments as ohmmeter, voltmeter and ammeter.
This current can flow in the 3 Types of circuits: serial, parallel and mixed.
OBJETIVE
The proposition of this practice is that the Students learns to use this measuringinstruments in
direct current circuits and understand the behavior of the current circuits and
takingmeasurementsdepending of the circuit.
These measurement methods are described through of this practice.

DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICE
II.1 to begin the value of each of the resistancewithoutenergize is measured and
comparedwith the value that shoulddissipate as the code of colors. We obtained the
followingresults:

Table 1. Measurement of resistivevalues

Values
Measurement with the
Strength
in the digital color
ohmmeter code
R1 0.989 KΩ 1000 KΩ
R2 O.667 KΩ 680 KΩ
R3 0.554 KΩ 560 KΩ
R4 0.329 KΩ 330 KΩ
II.2 Thenwe set up a circuit to measure the voltage acrossanelement, varying the voltage and
taking the values of each of the resistors.

TABLE 2. Voltage measurement (measurement)

Voltage source Digital multimeter
R1 and R2 voltage R1 voltage R2 voltage
E=1V 1.08 V 0.787 V 0.25 V
E=2V 2.014V 1.481 V 0.48 V
E=3V 2.985V 2.288 V 0.73 V
E=4V 4.00 V 3.000 V 0.98 V
E=5V 4.97 V 3.76 V 1.23 V
E=6V 5.96 V 4.49 V 1.48 V
E=7V 6.94 V 5.21 V 1.72 V
E=8V 7.94 V 5.99 V 1.97 V
E=9V 8.92 V 6.73 V 2.23 V
E=10V 9.90 V 7.50 V 2.48 V
E=11V 10.93V 8.27 V 2.71 V
E=12V 11.98V 9.00 V 2.97 V

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II.3 After a parallel circuit with two resistors of 560 and another of 680 wasarmed, the voltage
source is litprogressivelyincreasing the voltage.

TABLE 3.MEDICION POWER (measurement)

Voltage source Digital multimeter
Current through Current through R1 Current through R2
R1 and R2
E=1V 2.46mA 1.52mA 1.31mA
E=2V 4.95mA 3.08 mA 2.61mA
E=3V 10.18mA 4.61mA 3.91mA
E=4V 13.15mA 7.20mA 6.04mA
E=5V 16.64mA 9.04mA 7.54mA
E=6V 19.66mA 10.84mA 8.99mA
E=7V 23.02mA 12.73mA 10.56mA
E=8V 26.47mA 14.52mA 12.03mA
E=9V 29.72mA 16.35mA 13.62mA
E=10V 33.27mA 18.19mA 15.11mA
E=11V 36.78mA 20.03mA 16.59mA
E=12V 39.96mA 21.87mA 18.11mA

QUESTIONARY

1. What is the characteristic of a series circuit?

that all circuit elementsonly share a node, and the current flowing in all elements in series it's
the same

2. What is the characteristic of a parallel circuit?

theelements are connected in parallel if they share both nodes, and tension that goes through
all the elements in parallel is the same

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3. What is the main differencebetween a digital and ananalog meter?
Analog shows you the fluctuatingreadingsexist, and the digital does not.

4. Whyshould not anammeterconnected in parallel?

because if youconnect that way, you'll get anincorrect measurement or not markanything, and
on the other hand run the risk of blowing the fuse or in the worst case you can damage the
ammeter

5-. Whyyoushould de-energize the circuit whenanelectrical circuit resistancemeasured?

Because if this energizedyou'll get anincorrect measurement