Using a Wheatstone Bridge

Learn how to balance a Wheatstone bridge and the process used to set mechanical and electrical zero. How to interpret the readings of a Wheatstone bridge is also explained.

Prerequisites

Review of the lesson, Wheatstone Bridge, is required.

Description

This is the fourth lesson in the iKNOW Ammeters, Meggers, and Wheatstone Bridge Library. This lesson explains how to balance a Wheatstone bridge and the process used to set mechanical and electrical zero. How to interpret the readings of a Wheatstone bridge is also explained.

Objectives

Describe how to balance a Wheatstone bridge. Describe how to set mechanical and electrical zero on a Wheatstone bridge. Describe how to take a reading with a Wheatstone bridge. Describe how to interpret a Wheatstone bridge reading. Interpret a Wheatstone bridge reading.