[Virginia Tech Department of Physics]

Revised 07/11/2016

Physics 2306 Laboratory Equipment List

Lab 6: Circuits and Electric Potential

Transition notes:

  1. The following can stay from the previous lab:
    • All three of the black banana cords
    • Both of the red banana cords, you will need to add another one to make a total of 3 for this lab
  2. Sweepy!

Equipment List:

  1. 2216 Circuit Board with:
    • C14 (2.47V) bulb in all three sockets.
    • 2 x D Cell Battery, one in each Battery Holder.
  2. 3 x Red banana plug cord
  3. 3 x Black banana plug cord
  4. 3 x Black alligator clips
  5. 3 x Red alligator clips
  6. Telegraph Switch
  7. 2 x Autorange Multimeter
  8. Current Limited Power Supply
  9. A "Bento Box" of the following supplies:
    • Collection of Alligator cables:
      • 2 Red Alligator to Alligator.
      • 2 Black Alligator to Alligator.
      • 2 Green Alligator to Alligator.
      • 2 White Alligator to Alligator.
      • 2 Yellow Alligator to Alligator.
      • 2 Blue Alligator to Alligator.
    • 12x Bare Wire Shunts
    • Pencil Sharpener
    • Pack of Colored Pencils
    • 5 x 10cm Jumper Wire
    • 5 x 25cm Jumper Wire
    • 5 x Light Element
    • Variable Resistor
Objects subject to Left/Right Reflection

This is what your table should look like once set up

Additional Images below:

The sensors plugged in and wrapped up so that they are not a tangled mess.

A correctly packed Bento box

The resistors and the bag in which they are stored lying on a table. Multiple styles of the same resistor are shown.

The items not in the bento box.

Circuit Diagram for the test circit.