Name: Francisco, Marion Angelo V.

Year/Section: Third Year

Schedule:10am - 1pm Tuesday

Date: Feb. 3, 2015

Professor: Engr. Garcia
Rating:

Experiment No. 1

THEVENINS THEOREM
I.

OBJECTIVES
1. To study the application of Thevenins Theorem in circuit problems.
2. To be familiar with the use of Thevenins Equivalent Circuit in solving problems.

II.

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III.

INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIALS

UNIT
Pc.
Pc.
Pc.
Set
Pc.
Pc.
Set

ITEM
DC Power Supply
Multi-tester(VOM)
DC Ammeter
Connecting wires
Extension cord(optional)
IC
Resistor

SPECS
12Vdc
0-1A
7812
500ohm to 10k

PROCEDURES
1. Connect the circuit shown in Fig. 10-1. Refer to Appendix for DC supply set up.
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2. Measure the load current L and record the result to Table 10-1.
3. Remove the

RL

from the circuit. Referring to Fig. 10-2, measure

V TH

Record the result on Table 10-1.

4. Disconnect the DC supply and replace it by a short circuit. Referring to Fig. 10-4,
RTH
RTH
by using an ohmmeter, measure the resistance
. Record
on Table
10-1.
5. Referring to Fig 10-1, compute for the Thevenins equivalent voltage, resistance
and load current. Record the results as compared value in Table 10-1 and calculate
the percent difference.

IV.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS

Fig. 10-1

Fig. 10-2

Fig. 10-3

Fig. 10-4

Fig. 10-5 Thevenin equivalent circuit with the load connected.

V.

DATA AND RESULTS

V TH

Experimental Value
Computed Value
% Difference
VI.

COMPUTATION

RTH

IL

VII.

OBSERVATION

From the experiment i observed that to obtain the voltage in a Thevenin Circuit you must
first remove the load resistor (R1 ) then measure the open circuit voltage. The obtained voltage
is also called Thevenin Voltage.
To determine the current flowing in the circuit, i observed that you must replace the load
resistor with a short circuit then measure the current. You measure the values for Thevenin
voltage and short circuit current to determine the Thevenin Resistance or (R TH) and using the
formula RTH = VTH/ISC. You can also determine the Thevenin resistance by replacing the
voltage source with a short circuit then measure the resistance
You can apply Thevenins Circuit if there is a variable part of the circuit and the other elements
are fixed or constant.

VIII. CONCLUSION
We therefore conclude that using a Thevenins theorem you can simply almost every
complex circuit into a circuit that has only a load resistor and a single voltage source. By using
Thevenin theorem it is now easier for you to distinguish the current and voltage flowing in the
circuit. It is also more convenient and easier to achive different values for the circuit just by
replacing your load resistor with different values.
Thevenin theorem is also only useful for "linear" type circuit and having ohmic
components such as resistors, if you apply non ohmic components such as inductors and
capacitors it will be harder for you to simplify and compute for the short circuit current and
Thevenin voltage of the Circuit.
You can determine the Thevenin equivalent of the circuit by defining the problem and
analyzing the circuit. If there are no independent sources you must apply your own
voltage/current source to the circuit and then determine the short circuit current and Thevenin
Voltage. Then you can now get the Thevenin Resistance then simplify the circuit.

IX.

QUESTIONS / PROBLEMS

1. Under what conditions may Thevenins theorem be used to advantage?

= Thevenin's theorem is very useful when applied to linear circuits. These are the circuits
which has resistors and bilateral networks where current to an element is not suspectible to
change. It is also useful to circuits that has ohmic components such as resistors and it will fail if
you add non ohmic components such capacitors , inductors etc. because the process will be more
complicated and harder to find the required values.
2. What is meant by the open circuit voltage? The resistance network looking
back into the network. In the Thevenins theorem?

Open - circuit voltage = or OCV or Voc is the voltage which is not connected to
any load in a circuit. It represents the voltage's full value due to the absence of a
load it will share voltage with. It also operates on zero current.

The looking back resistance of a network is the equivalent electrical resistance of

the network when someone looks back into the network from the terminals where
said branch is connected.

3. Two batteries A and B are connected in parallel to supply a current of 160

RL
amperes to load a resistor
. The open-circuit terminal voltage of a battery A
is 123 volts and its internal resistance is 0.12 ohm. If the internal resistance of a
battery B is 0.15 ohm and it delivers 90 amperes, calculate (a) the open-circuit
RL
terminal EMF of a batter B; (b) the total power taken by the load resistor
.
Given: Total Current = 160A
Battery B Current= 90A
Vth of Battery A = 123V
Internal Resistance of A = 0.12
Internal Resistance of B = 0.15
Find: V and P
Solution:
100-90A-70A= Battery A Current
0.15(90)-13.5V= Voltage rise at B

117 + 13.5 = 131.5 V

EMF of Battery B = 131.5 V
100 A (117.6V) = 18.720kW
PRL = 18.720kW