Lab 5: Thevenin Equivalence

Intro:

The purpose of this lab is to show that a circuit and the thevenin equivalence of the circuit are the same.

Experiment and Data:

V_th=8.6433

R_th=65.95

R_L2,min=824.74

Thevenin Equivalent

Config              Theoretical value        Measured value          percent error

R_L2=R_L2,min         V_load2=8                        7.82                             2.25

R_L2=Infinite      V_load2=8.64                   8.87                             2.66

Original Circuit

 

 Config             Theoretical value        Measured value          percent error circuit

R_L2=R_L2,min         V_load2=8                        8.02                             0.25

R_L2=Infinite      V_load2=8.64                   8.77                             1.50

Both the original circuit and the thevenin equivalent have the same voltage within the margin of error.