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Tutorial Questions
1. Two electrical terminals are placed 1.5 cm apart in air. By referring to the
table in your notes calculate the potential difference between the terminals that
will cause breakdown. (45 kV)
2. An electric heating element takes 13 A when connected by two cables of 40 m
long each and resistance 0.
2.1 Calculate the voltage at the terminals of the heating element. 219.5V)
2.2 Calculate the power dissipated in the cables. (135.2 W)
3. Calculate the resistance per metre of copper conductors with the following
diameters: 1 mm and 2 mm. (2.19 x 10 47 x 10
4. What is the resistance of the following conductors:
4.1 6 mm diameter, 100 m long copper
4.2 6 mm diameter, 100 m long aluminum (0.
5.
resistance of the aluminium conductor when the temperature is increased to
100° (13.
6. A resistor has the following rating:
0.25 W
6.1 Calculate the maximum current limit. (1.75 x 10-2 A)
6.2 Calculate the maximum voltage limit. (14.3 V)
7. Determine the smallest diameter of suitable copper conductors required when
supplying 2.5 A from a 230 V source to a piece of equipment, if the cables are
10 m long each and the equipment being supplied must have a terminal
voltage of not less than 218.5 V. (0.31 mm)
Hint: Use the following circuit in your answer.
8. A printed circuit board has copper conductors that are 0.05 mm thick and 2
mm across.
8.1 Calculate the volt-drop per centimeter along the conductors when a
300 mA current flows. (0.516 mV)
8.2 If the copper conductors are raised in temperature from room
temperature of 20°C to 65°C, what is the new volt-drop per centimeter
when a current of 300 mA flows through the copper conductors?
(0.607 mV)
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9. Calculate the breakdown voltage of rubber insulation, when two conductors
are separated by 0.2 cm. (54 kV)
10. A heating element is insulated from a metal plate by glass insulation. When a
voltage of 500 V was applied between the heating element and the metal plate
the glass insulation broke down. Calculate the maximum thickness of the
glass. (5.6 x 10-4 cm)
11. A 2 kW electric motor is connected to a 380 V supply via two cables of 64 m
each. The minimum allowable voltage at the motor terminals is 361 V.
Determine the minimum thickness of the copper conductors in the cables.
(0.905 mm)
12. Identify the two materials used, if the two lengths of wire each has a resistance
ave respective resistances of 1.
1.
(0.0038 silver; 0.0034 gold)
13. A coil of nickel is used to do temperature monitoring of a liquid in which it is
calibration purposes of coil resistance values for liquid temperature at 10°
intervals ranging from 0°C to 100°C.
14. The starter motor of a motorcar takes 50 A from the battery. The minimum
terminal voltage of the starter motor is to be not less than 11 V. Calculate the
minimum diameter for two 3 m copper conductors that connect the starter to
the 12 V battery if the maximum temperature of the conductors is 50°C.
(2.57 mm)
15. 15.1 An armature has a resistance
loss is to be limited to 600 watts with a temperature rise of 55°C.
If for copper is 0,0043/°C, what is the maximum current that can be
passed through the armature? (49.54 A)
15.2 An aluminium wire 7.5 m long is connected in parallel with a copper
wire of 6 m lengths. If a current of 5 A flows through the combination,
the current through the aluminium wise is 3 A. the diameter of the
aluminium wire is 1,0 mm and the resistively of aluminium is
15.3 0.028 hat of copper can be taken as 0.
Calculate the diameter of the copper wire. (0.569 mm)
16. The filament of one 240 V metal-filament lamp is to be manufactured from a
wire having a diameter of 0.02 mm and a specific resistance (resistivity) at
m. If the temperature coefficient is 0.
of filament is necessary if the lamp is to dissipate 60 Watts at a filament
temperature of 2420°C? (0.54 m)
Prepared by A. Fish and J. Ehlers CPUT Bellville