Electrical Instruments

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Electrical Instruments: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Galvanometer, Voltmeter, Ammeter, Conversion of Galvanometer into a Voltmeter, Sensitivity of Voltmeter, Working Principle of Moving Coil Galvanometer and, Sensitivity of Ammeter

Important Questions on Electrical Instruments

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

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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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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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If an ammeter is to be used in place of a voltmeter, then with the ammeter we must connect a,

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What resistance should be connected in series of a galvanometer of resistance Rg in order to change its range from V volts to NV volts (in ohm)

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A voltmeter has a 25 Ω coil and 575 Ω in series. The coil takes 10 mA for full-scale deflection. The maximum potential difference which can be measured is 

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The combined resistance of galvanometer of resistance 1000 Ω and its shunt is 25 Ω. Calculate the value of shunt.

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A resistance of 3 Ω is connected in parallel to a galvanometer of resistance 297 Ω. Find the fraction of current passing through galvanometer.

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A galvanometer has a resistance of 16 Ω and gives a full scale deflection when a current of 20 mA is passed through it. The only shunt resistance available is 0.04 Ω which is not appropriate to convert galvanometer into an ammeter. How much resistance should be connected in series with coil of galvanometer so that the range of ammeter is 10 A?

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Calculate the value of resistance needed to convert a moving coil galvanometer of 60 Ω into an ammeter of range 5 A which gives full scale deflection for a current of 50 mA and into voltmeter of range 0-50 V.

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A galvanometer with a coil of resistance 40 Ω gives a full scale deflection for a current of  5 mA. How will you convert it into an ammeter of range 0-5A?

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Explain how a moving coil galvanometer is converted into voltmeter. Derive the necessary formula.

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Explain how a moving coil galvanometer is converted into an ammeter. Derive the necessary formula.