Conversion of Galvanometer to Ammeter or Voltmeter

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Conversion of Galvanometer to Ammeter or Voltmeter: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Ammeter, Voltmeter, Conversion of Galvanometer into an Ammeter, Conversion of an Ammeter to a Higher Range Ammeter, Conversion of Galvanometer into a Voltmeter, etc.

Important Questions on Conversion of Galvanometer to Ammeter or Voltmeter

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The reading on a high resistance voltmeter, when a cell is connected across it, is 2.5 V. When the terminals of the cell are also connected to resistance of  5 Ω  as shown in the circuit, the voltmeter reading drops to 2.0 V. The internal resistance of the cell is:

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A galvanometer has a resistance of 30Ω . It gives full scale deflection with a current of 2 mA. Calculate the value of the resistance needed to convert it into an ammeter of range   00.3A.

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Out of the two, an ammeter or a milliammeter, ammeter has a higher resistance.

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How do you convert a galvanometer into an ammeter?

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The deflection in galvanometer falls to 14th, when it is shunted by 3 Ω . If additional shunt of 2 Ω is connected in parallel to earlier shunt, the deflection in galvanometer falls to 1αth value. Write the value of 2α.

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Two identical fuses are rated at 10A

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To convert a galvanometer into an ammeter, one should connect

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A moving coil galvanometer has the following characteristics- Number of turns of coil=50, Area of coil=70mm2, Resistance of coil=30 Ω, the flux density of radial field=0.1T, Torsional constant of suspension wire=7×10-8Nm/rad. Calculate the voltage sensitivity. 

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The voltage sensitivity is defined as the deflection per unit current.

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What is the SI unit of the voltage sensitivity?

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Write the expression of the voltage sensitivity.

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A moving coil galvanometer produces deflection 20.5rad for current 10μA. Calculate current sensitivity?

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The SI unit of current sensitivity in galvanometer is

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A convenient way for the manufacturer to increase the current sensitivity is to increase the number of turns in the galvanometer.

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Write the expression for the sensitivity of the ammeter.

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Write the imitations of the velocity selector and mention one major application of velocity selector.

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A galvanometer with its coil resistance 25 Ω requires a current of 1 mA for its full deflection. In order to construct an ammeter to read up to a current of 2 A the approximate value of the shunt resistance should be:

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A 50 Ω resistance is connected to a battery of 5 V. A galvanometer of resistance 100 Ω is to be used as an ammeter to measure current through the resistance, for this a resistance rS is connected to the galvanometer. Which of the following connections should be employed if the measured current is within 1% of the current without the ammeter in the circuit?

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A galvanometer has current sensitivity of 10 divisions per milliampere with 150 equal divisions. Find shunt resistance required to convert given galvanometer into an ammeter of range 6 A?

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A 10V battery with internal resistance 1 Ω and a 15V battery with internal resistance 0.6 Ω are connected in parallel to a voltmeter (see figure). The reading in the voltmeter will be close to:

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