ELECTICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICES LAB, I SEMESTER, MSEC

Set - I Residential house wiring

1. Make an industrial illumination circuit wiring using switches, fuse, indicator, lamp 1. Conduct an experiment using energy meter, protective devices and switches to show
and energy meter. how energy reaches your home from distribution transformer?
2. Verify whether the starter is required or not for a fluorescent lamp after ignition. 2. How does the power reach the distribution boards in your house from the distribution
3. With the help of a two-way switch, control the given lamp load. transformer?
4. Conduct a suitable experiment to measure the energy by using single phase watt-
Fluorescent lamp wiring
hour meter.
1. Conduct an experiment using a starter to show the lamp will continue to glow even
5. Analyse the real and reactive power of a given single phase circuit by conducting
when starter is removed.
suitable experiments.
2. How does an electrician connect choke, starter and filament in the fluorescent tube to
6. What is meggar? Conduct a suitable experiment to test the earth resistance under
make the lamp glow?
the following conditions: i) Dry soil and ii) wet soil
Staircase wiring
Set - II 1. Design a circuit to control a lamp in a bedroom using two switches. One of the
1. Make a residential house wiring using switches, fuse, indicator, lamp and energy switches is at the entrance of the room and the other switch is near the bed.
meter. 2. Design a suitable circuit with two switches to control a lamp and to verify the following
2. Draw the fluorescent lamp circuit and test it. table
3. Make a staircase wiring by using two way controlled switch. Switch 1 Switch 2 Lamp
4. By conducting suitable test, measure voltage, current, power and power factor in ON ON OFF
series RLC circuit. ON OFF ON
5. Measure energy drawn by the given single phase load by using suitable measuring OFF ON ON
equipment. OFF OFF OFF
6. Measure the earth resistance by using suitable measuring equipment under the Measuring power in an RLC circuit
following conditions i)Dry soil and ii) soil with given salt mixture. 1. What is the power consumed by the series circuit whose resistance is 10 k,
inductance 33mH, capacitance 0.1 F? Draw the circuit diagram and measure the real
Set - III power. Also calculate reactive power and apparent power.
1. Conduct a suitable wiring experiment that can be applied to festival lights employed 2. Design a series RLC circuit in such a way that current lags applied voltage. Determine
in decorative purposes. the real power and reactive power.
2. Prove that the ignition voltage of light is increased with the help of ballast by doing a
Measuring energy using single phase energy meter
suitable experiment.
1. Measurement of energy using single phase energy meter by switching on the
3. Construct a wiring in such a way so that a single lamp can be controlled from two
resistance or lamp sequentially after every two minutes measures the energy
different places and how many way switch you need for that connection.
consumed by the resistance or lamps and tabulate the energy consumption for two
4. Define voltage, current, power factor and measure these quantities in series RLC
minutes.
circuit by conducting suitable experiment.
2. Conduct a suitable experiment to measure the energy consumed in your house.
5. Construct a circuit diagram with lamp load and meter which measures the energy
consumed by the given lamp load for a period of 15 minutes. Measurement of resistance to earth of electrical equipment
6. Why is earthing needed? Measure the earth resistance by using suitable measuring 1. Conduct an experiment to measure the resistance of the earth.
equipment. 2. How do you measure high resistance? Conduct suitable experiment.