Lab #1: Current

Flow
By: Bhavjot Khaira 540693

Louise Arbour Secondary School

TEJ2O0

Introduction
The objective of this experiment is to investigate and understand the
flow of currents in an electronic circuit by utilizing circuitry. By understanding
the flow of currents we will be able to be more successful in completing other
more difficult circuits.
Materials
1 SK-50 bread boarding socket
1 battery (5 Volts)
One 100-ohm resistor
One 1000-ohm resistor
One 1000000-ohm resistor
One 330-ohm resistor
One 470-ohm resistor
1 LED (Light Emitting Diode)
4 wires
Procedure

1. Assemble the circuit, then double check it and show the teacher to see
if it is correct.

2. Observe the LED and other properties.

3. Replace the 100-ohm resistor with a 1000-ohm resistor
4. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with several different resistors
Observations
Resistors Resistance
(ohms)
100 ohms

LED Brightness

Current (Amps)

Very Bright

0.005

1000 ohms

Bright

0.0005

1000000 ohms

No Light

0.0000005

330 ohms

Dim

0.15151515

0 ohms

VERY Bright color of the

light changed from green
to yellow

Infinity

470 ohms

Dimmer

0.1064

Discussion
1. Describe the change in the brightness of the LED as the resistors are
changed.
The brightness of the LED changed as the resistor were changed. As the
brightness of the LED increased the resistance decreased and vise versa
as the resistance increased the brightness of the LED decreased. For the 1
million resistor the light did not turn on because there was too much
resistance; meaning that the resistance took all the power from the
resistor. But I think that the truth is that there was an error in the
experiment and the human eye was not able to see the very dim light for
the 1-million-ohm resistor, but this is only a theory
2. Suggest an hypothesis to account for the observations.
As the brightness increases the less ohms are in an resistor.
Conclusion
The hypothesis was correct, the brighter the LED is the less ohms are
in an resistor. Also, 1 million ohms or higher does not allow light through with
a power supply of 5 volts and a 0-ohm resistor is so powerful that after 5
minutes with it on the LED will stop working and the color of the LED will
change.

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Experiment 1 (Current
Flow)Observations:Resistor Resistance (ohms) LED Brightness Current (Am
ps)
100
Brightest, Turns on and offquickest (when plugged &unplugged) - Visible
0.005
210
Less bright, Turns on and offslower (when plugged &unplugged) - Visible
0.0238
330
Less bright and Turns on andoff slower (when plugged &unplugged)
compared to onesabove - Visible
0.0.1515
470
Brighter and Turns on and offfaster (when plugged &unplugged) compared
to ones below

Visible
0.01064
1000
Less bright and Turns on andoff slower (when plugged &unplugged)
compared to onesabove - Visible
0.0005

4700
Brighter and Turns on and offfaster (when plugged &unplugged) compared
to ones below

Only visible in dark

0.00106
220
00
Less bright and Turns on andoff slower (when plugged &
0.000227

unplugged) compared to onesabove

Barely visible in dark

47000
Brighter and Turns on and offfaster (when plugged &unplugged) compared
to ones below

Almost not visible indark

0.0001064
1000000
Doesnt light up
result ofresistor using all of theenergy of the power supply
0.0000005
10000000
Doesnt light up
result ofresistor using all of theenergy of the power supply
0.00000005
Discussion
The brightness of the LED decreased as the resistance of the resistor
increased. Eventuallycausing the last two resistors which were one million
and ten million ohms to not allow the LEDto light up as the resistor used all
of the energy from the power supply.Hypothesis: The less ohm the resistor is
the brighter the Light Emitting Diode.
An experimental error could have been in the observation. The light wasnt
visible for onemillion and ten million ohm resistor but that doesnt mean
the light doesn
t exist. Some lights
arent visible to a human eye so our observation considering the LED not
turning on might
actually be wrong.
Conclusion
The hypothesis was correct that the less ohms a resistor is the brighter the
LED is. Also as theohms in the resistor increases the LED lights up slower
when connected to power supply andlasts the longest after the power supply
is unplugged. Finally, a one million or higher ohm
resistor doesnt allow 5 volts curr
ent to pass through to the

Experiment 2 (Diode)
Observations:Diode Output (LED On orOff)Diode Marking
1
st
On2
nd
Off
Discussion
1.
The LED does not work when the diode is reversed and the grey side is
facing left.2.
If the LED is reversed it will not work because the negative will be on
the wrong side andthe current wont flow and the electrons will just
colliding.2b. If the resistor is reversed then the circuit still continues to
work.3.
Hypothesis: The black side of the diode has a positive charge and the grey
part has anegative charge.
Conclusion

The diode probably is considered work which would cause the LED to get
dimmer but thecharge was too insignificant that it was not visible to a human
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