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Electricity and Magnetism Module 4 - EM Equipment List and Setup Feb. 26, 2025, 5:55 a.m.

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    E & M Module 2 – Equipment List and Setup

    E & M Module 4 – Equipment List

     

    What

    Qty

    Activities

    6V motorcycle battery, banana sockets on the terminals, circuit breaker on one terminal

    1

    1-4

    Two-contact light bulb mounted with two banana sockets: BA15d 6V 1A 6W or equivalent. Label the mount “6V 6W”

    3

    1, 2, 4 (qty 2)

    6V 0.2A 1W light bulb mounted with two banana sockets, any type of base. Label the mount

    “6V 1W”

    1

    3

    Knife switch with banana sockets

    1

    1

    DMM, Keithley 131 or Tegam 130A.

    2

    1 (qty 1), 2, 3, 4

    Wires with banana plugs

    8 (4 red, 4 black)

    1-4

    8 cm long wire, stripped on both ends. The gauge should be as large as possible and still be easy to insert into the holes in a banana socket

    2

    4

     

    No setup is required for this Module.

    Aug 2, 2018: Activity 11 turned into Activity 12 sometime in 2017.  Equipment list modified to reflect the change. - Lilian Leung

    Feb.24, 2025: Jason Harlow removed old Activities 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 12, and renumbered the remaining 8 activities.

    last modified: Feb. 26, 2025, 5:55 a.m.