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An ammeter does not have an 'output resistance'.

It's important that its resistance is low so as not to add additional resistance into the circuit to which it is connected, otherwise the 'measured current' would be lower than the actual current.

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What is resistance of an ideal ammeter?

ideal ammeter has zero internal resistance


What is an ideal ammeter?

An ideal ammeter is a device that measures electric current and has zero resistance, producing no voltage drop when connected in a circuit. This ensures that the current being measured is not affected by the presence of the ammeter itself, providing an accurate reading of the current flowing through the circuit.


Why the resistance of an ammeter is bery low?

0. An ammeter is placed in series with the circuit in question; if its' internal resistance is high, it will change the current flow, thus making the measurement meaningless. For the same reason an ideal voltage meter will have infinite resistance.


Why do ammeter resistanse is very small?

An ammeter with a large resistance will affect the circuit that it is trying to measure. The ideal ammeter (or any measuring tool) should not affect what is being measured.


What should be the resistance of an ideal voltmeter?

infinity- so that all the voltage is measured across the component instead of losing some in voltometer circuitry


What happen when ammeter connected in parallel?

an ideal ammeter has zero or negligible resistance when this is connected in series no effective resistance would be added in the circuit so that the value of curret that we get is exactly of the circuit only. but when the ammeter is connected in parllel as it has zero resistance , the resistor to which it is connected in parllel gets shorted and due to his the effective resistance of the circuit is changed and so the effective current ... due to this the w=value measured by the ammeter would be different (incresed due to dec. in effective resistance)


The internal resistance of ammeter is?

The internal resistance of an ammeter is very low. This is necessary in order to minimize the impact of the ammeter on the circuit being measured, ensuring accurate readings of the current flowing through the circuit.


If resistor is connected to 6 V battery the ammeter in the circuit reads 2A what is the value of the risistance?

Resistance of the load = voltage across the load/current through the loadWhich means that the resistance would be 3 ohms.(This is only true assuming that the load is purely resistive and the ammeter is ideal.)


What is internal resistance of battery?

The equivalent resistance you would have to place in series with an ideal battery (which of course does not exist) of the same voltage to get the same behavior (voltage drop with load) as the real battery has. It is a mathematical modeling technique to help in circuit analysis.


Why don't we use an ammeter in series?

You do use an ammeter in series. It has a very low resistance, which according to ohms law, makes it ideal for measuring current. You do not use a volt meter in series, as it has a very HIGH resistance and would not allow current to flow. You measure the voltage across a component (or components), and current through a circuit.


Battery connected to high Resistance voltmeter the reading is 1.5V when it is shorted on a low resistance ammeter the current is 2.5A what is the emf and the internal resistance of the battery?

The Thevenin equivalent circuit of this battery is 1.5V and 0.6 ohms in series. A more exact answer cannot be given without knowing the actual resistance of the 2 meters (I assumed infinite for the voltmeter and zero for the ammeter, as would be for ideal meters).However I would NEVER attempt this test as you describe it, many types of batteries will explode like bombs when shorted (as they would be when an ammeter was placed across them)! The correct way to do this test safely is with just a voltmeter and an adjustable high wattage resistor.


What would be the resistance of an ideal voltmeter?

The theoretical resistance (idea resistance) of an ammeter is zero. With a voltmeter, it's infinitely high. In some analog meters the full scale deflection is produced by only about 50 microamps. Actually that does not change from ammeter to voltmeter, just the configuration of the meter's external "connection circuit"changes. Simple ammeters are 'connected in series' devices. The resistance of such an ammeter must be kept very low because, if it were a high resistance, that would seriously limit the current allowed into the circuit and would impair the circuit's function. Voltmeters are 'connected in parallel' devices. The theoretical resistance of a volt meter is very high, the higher the better. It is checking the potential between two points, so, to have the least effect on the circuit it is measuring, it must draw as little current as possible.