Govt.

Engineering College, Ajmer

Department of Electrical Engineering (Lab Manual)

Electrical Measurement Lab

1. AIM: To determine the self-inductance of a coil by Anderson Bridge.
2. APPARATUS:
Anderson bridge kit, headphone, connecting leads.
3. MAIN FEATURE OF THE BRIDGE:R:-Three decade resistance dials having value from 1 ohm to 1 kohm.
r:-Three decade resistance dials having value from 10 ohm to 10 kohm.
C1:-Two fixed std. capacitor having value 0.1ufd and 0.2 ufd.
P and Q:- Fixed std. value 1000 ohm.
S:-Single decade resistance dial having value from 0.1 ohm to 1 ohm.
L:-Three unknown inductance.
Inbuilt galvanometer for dc null point.
4.

THEORY AC bridges are often used to measure the value of unknown impedance (self/mutual
inductance of inductors or capacitance of capacitors accurately). A large number of AC bridges are
available and Anderson Bridge is an AC bridge used to measure self inductance of the coil.
It is a modification of Wheatstones Bridge. It enables us to measure the inductance of a coil using
capacitor and resistors and does not require repeated balancing of the bridge. This bridge is fact is

a modification of the Maxwells inductance capacitance bridge. In this method, selfinductance is measured in the term of std. capacitor. This method is applicable for precise
measurement of self-inductance over a very wide range of value where a variable capacitor
is permissible the more simple Maxwells Bridge is used instead of Andersons Bridge.
The bridge is balanced by a steady current by replacing the headphone H by moving coil
galvanometer and A.C source by a battery. This is done by adjusting the variable resistance,
r. After a steady balance has been obtained, inductive balance is obtained by using the A.C
source and headphone.

L=[CR3{r(R4+R2)+R2R4}]/R4

5. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

Govt. Engineering College, Ajmer

Department of Electrical Engineering (Lab Manual)

Electrical Measurement Lab

6. CONNECTION DIAGRAM:As per module and circuit diagram

7. PROCEDURE:
8. OBSERVATION TABLE:
S
N
O
1
2
3
4
9. CALCULATION:
10. RESULT: The self-inductance areL1 = H
L2 = H
L3 = H
11. PRECAUTION: -