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    REPORT ON AMMETER

    INTRODUTION:
    Ammeter is an electrical measuring device, which is used to measure electric
    current through the circuit.

    SUMMARY:
    This report include all the feature of ammeter like types, construction, working
    principle and procedure and applications. It is used to measure electric current
    through the circuit.

    BODY:
    A. CONNECTION OF AMMETER IN CIRCUIT
    An ammeter is always connected in series to a circuit. Ammeter is a low
    resistance galvanometer. It is used to measure the current in a circuit in amperes.

    Galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter by using a low resistance wire


    in parallel with the galvanometer. The resistance of the wire depends upon the
    range of the ammeter.

    As shunt resistance is small the combined resistance of the galvanometer & the
    shunt is very low hence the ammeter has much lower resistance than
    galvanometer. An ideal ammeter has zero resistance.
    B. Types Of Ammeter
    1. Moving-coil ammeters:
    The D’Arsonval galvanometer is a moving coil ammeter. It
    uses magnetic deflection, where current passing through a coil causes the coil to
    move in a magnetic field. The modern form of this instrument was developed
    by Edward Weston.

    2. Electrodynamic ammeters:
    An electrodynamic movement uses an electromagnet instead of the permanent
    magnet of the d'Arsonval movement. This instrument can respond to both
    alternating and direct current. It also indicates true RMS for AC.

    3. Moving-iron ammeters:
    Moving iron ammeters use a piece of iron which moves when acted upon by the
    electromagnetic force of a fixed coil of wire. This type of meter responds to
    both direct and alternating currents. Moving iron instruments indicate
    the RMS value of any AC The main idea of this invention was from Clyde Garcia.

    4. Hot wire Ammeter

    In a hot-wire ammeter, a current passes through a wire which expands as it


    heats. Although these instruments have slow response time and low accuracy,
    they were sometimes used in measuring radio-frequency current. These also
    measure true RMS for an applied AC current.
    5. Integrating ammeters:
    There is also a range of devices referred to as integrating ammeters. In these
    ammeters the current is summed over time, giving as a result the product of
    current and time; which is proportional to the energy transferred with that
    current. These can be used for energy meters or for estimating the charge
    of battery or capacitor.

    6. Pico ammeter:

    A pico ammeter, or pico ammeter, measures very low electrical current, usually
    from the pico ampere range at the lower end to the milli ampere range at the
    upper end. Pico ammeters are used for sensitive measurements where the
    current being measured is below the theoretical limits of sensitivity of other
    devices, such as Multi meters.

    Application:
     The majority of ammeters are either connected in series with the circuit
    carrying the current to be measured.

     Ordinary Weston-type meter movements can measure only milliamperes


    because the springs and practical coils can carry only limited currents.

     Ammeter is a low resistance galvanometer

     An ideal ammeter has zero resistance

    Conclusion:
    At the end we concluded that ammeter is very useful device for measuring
    electric current in different circuits.

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