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Ohm's Law gives me different values compared to the practical experiment with a multimeter - can you explain why?

Physics Asked by kING AdAm on February 10, 2021

I am studying physics in high school and am trying to understand electronics.

Using Ohms law I calculated VIRP values for a simple circuit with three 1000 ohm resistors and a 9V battery. I then set up the same circuit on a breadboard and tested the Voltage and current using a multimeter but the values seem to be significantly different. For example, was expecting the total current to be 0.027A but the multimeter shows 2A

Not sure where I’ve gone wrong, can you explain? Pictures below show VIRP tables and the breadboard with the circuit

btw am at home due to pandemic therefore asking you guys instead of my teacher

breadboard

virp tables - calculated and practical

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2 Answers

I you really connected the ampmeter like your sketch you should be happy it was not destroyed. What it measures in this position is the current the batterie gives in a shortcut A ampmeter must always be in the circuit, so between the batterie and the resistors, Your ammeter is connected as a voltmeter.

Answered by trula on February 10, 2021

As you are already aware, you should not have connected the ammeter across the battery terminals. Fortunately, you didn't destroy the meter. So, you may ask, what current were you measuring?

Since the input resistance of the ammeter is much less than the parallel combination of the three resistors, which is nominally 333 Ohms, that parallel resistance can be ignored. That means the current you were measuring is approximately the current that the internal battery emf (nominal 9 V) was delivering through the series combination of the internal resistance of the battery, $R_b$, and the input resistance of the ammeter, $R_{m}$ or

$$I=frac{9}{R_{b}+R_{m}}$$

Hope this helps.

Answered by Bob D on February 10, 2021

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