BASIC ELECTRICAL LAB (Lab Manual Attached)

SYLLABUS

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

Verification of KVL and KCL for DC Circuits

Measurement of Current, Power and power factor of Incadesant Lamp, Fluorescent lamp and LED Lamp.

Measurement of resistance, Inductance and choke coil using Three Voltmeter method

Determination of phase and line quantities in three phase star and delta connected loads.

Measurement of three phase power using two Wattmeter method

Two and Three way Control of Lamp and formation of Truth table

Measurement of Earth Resistance

Study of Effect of Open Circuit and Short Circuit in Simple Circuits.

DEMONSTRATION OF EXPERIMENTS (FOR CIE ONLY)

Demonstration of fuse and MCB separately by creating faults

Demonstration of cut-out section of Electrical Machines (DC Machines, Induction Machines and Synchronous Machines)

Understanding AC and DC Supply. Use of Tester and test lamp to ascertain the healthy status of mains.

Understanding of UPS

COURSE OUTCOME

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

Identify the common electrical components and Measuring Instruments used for conducting experiments in electrical laboratory.

Compare power factor of Lamps

Determine impedance of electrical circuit and power consumed in a three phase load.

Determine Earth Resistance and understand two way and three way control of lamps.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

To provide exposure to common Electrical Components such as resistors, Capacitors and Inductors, Types of Wires and Measuring Instruments.

To Measure Power and Power factor measurement of different types of lamps and three phase circuits.

To explain measurement of impedance for R-L and R-C Circuits.

To determine power consumed in 3 phase loads.To determine earth resistance and explain methods of controlling a lamp from different places.