Basic Circuits Notes- THEORY. An electrical circuit is a closed loop conducting path in which electrical current flows
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1 Basic Circuits Notes- THEORY NAME: An electrical circuit is a closed loop conducting path in which electrical current flows Now how does a circuit work? In order to get the water flowing, you d need a pump to increase the pressure of the water. Similarly, chemical reactions in the battery increase the electrical pressure on the electrons (the working fluid in an electrical circuit) allowing the electrons to flow through the elements of the circuit. Without this increase in pressure (electric potential/voltage), nothing would flow. The water is impeded a bit by friction with the pipe and event its own viscosity but really experiences resistance to flow when it encounters the water wheel. Similarly, as the electrons travel, they experience resistance to their flow imposed by the wires (pipes), generating heat especially in the light bulb with the tiny, tiny wire that acts as a filament, it gets so hot that it creates light. (incandescence). Mechanical Component Electrical Component Purpose Assists or Impedes Flow Pump Increases Pressure- Increases Energy/unit of working fluid Pipes Water Wheel Water Working fluid NA 1
2 Component #1: Battery/ Power Source- Powers the external circuit ( by creating an electrical potential difference between the terminals of the battery/ power supply) SCHEMATIC FOR A 2 CELL BATTERY ( The long line indicates a + side or anode and the short line, the - side or cathode) For electronic circuit, using a cell is OK but not in Regents Physics QUESTIONS 1. Why are electrons (negative charges) and not protons (positive charges) the working fluid in our electrical circuit? 2. Ok, so if electrons are the charges traveling, then why is the flow of the electrical current going from positive to negative in the electrical circuit sketch on the previous page? Current, I (units are Amperes, A)- the rate at which electrons flow past a given point in a circuit. Electrons are the working fluid of the circuit Electrical Resistance, R (units are Ohms, Ω)- is the opposition to the electron flow- happens throughout the circuit Resistance of a wire, Rwire varies: (direct/inversely) with length, L (direct/inversely) with the cross-sectional area, A) with the difficulty of movement along the path (called resistivity, ρ a consequence of material properties and where it falls in terms of conductivity) * Temperature also affects resistivity Component #2: The Wire- pathway for the electrons SCHEMATIC SYMBOL FOR A WIRE 2
3 FOR ENGINEERING, YOU WILL MOSTLY BE CONCERNED WITH DIAMETER OF THE CROSSECTION CALLED THE GUAGE OF THE WIRE- The smaller the diameter, the higher the gauge Component #3: Load/ Device- what you hookup to the battery in order to do something useful with the energy supplied by the battery There is a drop in electric potential energy and therefore, electric potential due to the impedance in the device Voltage, V (units are volts,v)- Energy/unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to another point in the circuit. 0 Volts is usually referenced at the point just before the current enters the battery. We usually care about the voltage difference across a device or any two points in a circuit- and will use a voltmeter to measure voltage. Voltage versus Current- What s the difference? Back to a Mechanical Analogy In the diagram at the left, the height of the water in the tank is proportionate to the pressure of the water. The higher the water level, the higher the pressure of the water and this can be thought of as voltage. So using this analogy, pressure can be thought of as voltage and the flow of the water can be thought of as current. 3
4 HERE S THE BIG ONE- VOLTAGE, CURRENT, AND RESISTANCE ARE RELATED USING OHM S LAW OHM S LAW: Resistance= VOLTAGE DIFFERENCE CURRENT or R= ΔV ΔI (unit of Resistance is the ohm, Ω) Given any 2 variables, you can always find the third! Class Problem 1: A 6.0 volt battery is attached to a light bulb that requires 0.9 A current. What is its Resistance? Class Problem 2: 20 milliamps (20mA) flows through a bulb with a resistance of 58 Ohms (58 Ω), what is the voltage drop across the bulb? Finally, Electrical Power, P (units Watts, W or Joules/sec, J/s) can be found using P= Current x Voltage Difference= I ΔV or = Current 2 x Resistance= I 2 R or = Voltage 2 /Resistance= V2 R Electrical Energy or Work, W (unit is the Joule, J)= Electrical Power x time= P Δt 4
5 Class Problem 3: A lamp operates on 2A running on a 120 volt line, (a) What is the power of the lamp? (b) What energy is consumed if the bulb is lit for 60 seconds? What about if it is on for 1minute? What if it is on for 20 hours? Class Problem 4: A bulb on a 120V is using 60 W, what is the resistance of the bulb? How are these circuits different? Circuits: TWO BASIC TYPES Lamp 2 Lamp 3 Lamp 1 Lamp 3 Lamp 2 Lamp 1 Circuit A Circuit B Influencing the Flow Rate on a Tollway-The Toll Booth Analogy 5
6 BASIC TYPE #1: THE SERIES CIRCUIT A circuit where the current has only one path and must travel through all devices before returning to the battery Lamp 2 Lamp 3 Series Circuit is Lamp 1 The current is the same at any point in the circuit, so CURRENT REMAINS THE SAME I 1 = I 2 = I 3 = = I n KIRCHHOFF S VOLTAGE LAW (KVL) : The sum of the voltage gains= sum of the voltage drops for any given loop OR n n V drop i = V gain i i=1 i=1 V 1 + V 2 + V V n = V Battery and Resistances add R 1 + R 2 + R R n = R Total Class Problem 5: Three 20 Ω resistors are placed in series with a 12 volt battery. Find (a) The total Resistance (b) The current flowing through each resistor (c) The voltage drop across each resistor (d) The total power being used by the circuit 6
7 BASIC TYPE #2: THE PARALLEL CIRCUIT Voltage drop across each branch in parallel is the same and equal to the voltage of the power source se circuits different? Lamp 1 Lamp 3 Lamp 2 New Terminology Node/junction- a connection or terminal within a circuit where 2 or more elements are connected or joined together giving a connection point btw 2 or more branches Loop-A closed path in a circuit in which no circuit element or node is encountered more than once Circuit B Branch- part of a circuit where a component or groups of components are connected btw 2 nodes ΔV 1 = ΔV 2 = ΔV 3 = = ΔV n KIRCHHOFF S CURRENT LAW (KCL)- The amount of current flowing into any junction is equal to the amount flowing out of that junction I 1 + I 2 + I I n = I Total As a result of having more paths, the total resistance is now reduced so that it is smaller than the smallest resistor in parallel 1 R R R R n = 1 R Total WARNING: BY ADDING MORE RESISTORS IN PARALLEL, YOU ARE GIVING THE CURRENT MORE PATHWAYS AND THIS CAN LEAD TO A HIGH TOTAL CURRENT Class Problem 6: Three 20 Ω resistors are placed in parallel with a 12 volt battery. Find (a) The total Resistance (b) The current flowing through each resistor (c) The voltage drop across each resistor (d) The total power being used by the circuit 7
8 The terminal voltage, Vterm is the potential difference that the external circuit sees This would be the potential difference Vad for the circuit to the left X-Sectional View of a Wire Before a Battery Connected to the Circuit X-Sectional View of a Wire After a Battery Connected to the Circuit A NOTE ON REAL BATTERIES! Terminal Voltage: Terminal Voltage is the voltage the external circuit sees when a battery is being used. All batteries have internal resistance that becomes apparent when it is used in a circuit. VTerminal = IR = Ir or I = where = emf (marked battery voltage- Nominal Voltage)and r = internal R + r resistance of the battery. When charging a battery: VTerm = + Ir Nominal Voltage- The named voltage- will be the voltage stamped on the battery without a load (external circuit on it) close to what you would measure with a voltmeter *Taken from Practical Electronics for Inventors, 4 th Edition, pg 289 of Kindle Edition Class Problem 7: If a battery that is marked at 6V (nominal voltage) is connected to a 330kΩ load and the voltage reading across the external circuit is 5.8V, find the internal resistance of the battery. 8
9 BASIC ELECTRICAL METERS In lab, you will be using a digital multimeter which is an electrical meter that can act as many meters in one. This is great but you must remember a few things when using a multimeter. Two of your basic uses-ammeter and Voltmeter mode An Ammeter measures current. SCHEMATIC SYMBOL FOR AN AMMETER A Voltmeter measures voltage differences SCHEMATIC SYMBOL FOR A VOLTMETER FOR A REFRESHER ON HOW TO USE A MULTIMETER AS AN AMMETER, VOLTMETER, OHMMETER, AND TO CHECK FOR CONTINUITY- Check out this video: Collin's Awesome How to Use a Multimeter You will use the multimeter in o Ammeter Mode o Voltmeter Mode o Ohmmeter Mode o To Check for Continuity (That there is a conductive path aka closed circuit) * There are more modes- feel free to look them up online & use 9
10 SETTING UP THE METER Attach Probes into the proper jacks for your measuring purpose & SELECT A PROPER Range- Always start on the high end of the range and then work your way down when measuring! * For Example - If you need to measure 5Volts, set up for voltmeter mode and select the 20V range INSERTING THE METER- HOW YOU INSERT A METER INTO A CRCUIT MATTERS! 1. AMMETER MODE TO MEASURE CURRENT-AFTER SWIITCHING OFF POWER SOURCE, OPEN THE CIRCUIT TO PLACE AN AMMETER to measure current through a device or part of the circuit. This is called placing your meter in series with what ever element you are measuring. Then, Turn circuit on for your measurement. 10
11 2. VOLTMETER MODE TO MEASURE VOLTAGE DIFFERENECE- THE CIRCUIT CAN BE ON WHEN YOU INSERT VOLTMETERS ACROSS WHATEVER YOU ARE TRYING TO MEASURE This is called placing the meter in parallel to whatever part of the circuit you are measuring 3. IN OHMMETER MODE TO MEASURE RESISTANCE- - TURN YOUR POWER SUPPLY OFF & KEEP IT OFF FOR THE MEASUREMENT and then-connect one of your multimeter's probes to each side of the object whose resistance you want to measure. Resistance is always positive and the same in both directions, so it does not matter if you switch the black and red probes in this case (unless you are dealing with a diode, which acts like a one-way valve for electricity, so it has a high resistance in one direction and a low resistance in the other direction). 11
12 4. TO MEASURE CONTINUITY- TURN YOUR POWER SUPPLY OFF & KEEP IT OFF FOR THE MEASUREMENT and then-touch two parts of your circuit with the probes. If the two parts of the circuit are electrically connected with very little resistance between them, your multimeter should beep. If they are not connected, it will not make a noise and might display something on the screen such as "OL," "OVER," or "1," which all stand for "overload." 12
13 The Voltage Divider- A very important circuit used in many places - like a potentiometer, inputs for comparators like in a 555 timer IC. You would use a voltage divider any time you need to decrease an output voltage Vout to a fraction of the input voltage Vin. Voltage out = Resistance 2 Resistance 1 +Resistance 2 Voltage in + A V in R 1 B - R 2 V out C V out = R 2 R 1 + R 2 V in Class Problem # 8 13
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