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Advantages
  • The instruments are suitable for use in AC and DC circuits.
  • The instruments are robust, owing to the simple construction of the moving parts.
  • The stationary parts of the instruments are also simple.
  • Instrument is low cost compared to moving coil instrument.
  • Torque/weight ratio is high, thus less frictional error.
Errors
  • Error due to variation in temperature.
  • Error due to friction is quite small as torque-weight ratio is high in moving coil instruments.
  • Stray fields cause relatively low values of magnetizing force produced by the coil. Efficient magnetic screening is essential to reduce this effect.
  • Error due to variation of frequency causes change of reactance of the coil and also changes the eddy currents induced in neighbouring metal.
  • Deflecting torque is not exactly proportional to the square of the current due to non-linear characteristics of iron material.
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