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Hi guys 

 

I am evaluating wheatstone brige circuit. Please find attached picture. In bottom figure when brige is balance I am getting accurate resitance by manual calulation across the output terminal but If disbalenced the circuit I am gettting different resistance compared to maual calculation in voltmeter. Can you please suggest what the mistake I am doing. I will appreciate your help. Thank you 

 

 

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If you were in a laboratory with a real (physical) instrument, you would not expect to get meaningful measurements from an ohmmeter in a circuit with power applied. You might even damage the instrument.

 

Most physical ohmmeters supply a small current to the resistance being tested and measure the voltage across it. Then the resistance is calculated from Ohm's Law.  I think the simulated ohmmeter works similarly, although I do not know how much current it applies.

 

Lynn

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