Thevenin Equivalent Example Problem

This example problem uses Thevenin's theorem to determine a Thevenin equivalent circuit for a DC electrical circuit with two voltage sources and a few resistors. Note that this video solves the example problem, but does not give a detailed explanation for Thevenin's theorem.
This problem comes from question 81, section 6.9 of James Fiore's online DC Electrical Circuit Analysis text ((tinyurl.com/dc-elec-ccts-fiore). )
00:13 - Problem definition
00:19 - Step 1: Identify part of circuit to Thevenize
00:35 - Step 2: Label port
00:53 - Step 3a: Set voltage sources to 0V
01:53 - Step 3b: Calculate RTh (Thevenin resistance)
02:42 - Step 4: Determine VTh (Thevenin Voltage)
03:03 - : Use superposition
03:24 - : 10V source VTh calculation
04:40 - : 24V source VTh calculation
05:40 - : Put 10V and 24V source calculations together
06:25 - Thevenin equivalent circuit
07:01 - Calculate V(load) and I(load)
08:33 - Power of Thevenin
This video (and the online textbook) have the creative commons license: CC-BY-NC-SA (tinyurl.com/cc-license-by-nc-sa)

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  • @velcro8299
    @velcro8299 Жыл бұрын

    All over youtube, this is the only channel whose explanation is beginner friendly.

  • @calabrese1531
    @calabrese15312 жыл бұрын

    I remember when I was in college (about 35 years ago) attending the Electricity 101 class, all seemed so cryptic and confusing but you explain just in ten minutes what took me days to understand, and everything is so clear that I wish I had a teacher like you. Awesome. Thank you.

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad to have helped, sometimes just seeing things the second (or third) time around makes things make sense.

  • @bangtanedhoe4107
    @bangtanedhoe4107Ай бұрын

    I love how you explain your answer for this problem. I hope you can create more example problems concerning different theorems (Branch current, maxwell, kcl/kvl, nodal analysis, superposition, thevenin and norton's).

  • @ankitbazigar6609
    @ankitbazigar66092 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this precious video Now I understand how to slove complex circuit thevnin theorem

  • @ryanlohyr4975
    @ryanlohyr4975 Жыл бұрын

    This was life saving, Thanks!

  • @benashfordeagland1866
    @benashfordeagland1866 Жыл бұрын

    Thankyou, that was brilliantly explained!

  • @M.V.T.H.
    @M.V.T.H.6 ай бұрын

    thanks alot this video is so much easier to understand than most

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @ameliebeck961
    @ameliebeck961 Жыл бұрын

    Great video!! Helped so much.

  • @techankhamun838
    @techankhamun8382 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always! Thank you

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks again! I'm really glad my videos are continuing to be helpful

  • @tafadzwamunhuweyi5250
    @tafadzwamunhuweyi5250 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much I understood perfectly

  • @user-hh9if4mf7w
    @user-hh9if4mf7w4 ай бұрын

    Thank you sir for your help!!!

  • @vbacz
    @vbacz Жыл бұрын

    Wait for the RTH step how is 10k in parallel with 2k?

  • @hunterfields5165

    @hunterfields5165

    3 ай бұрын

    Because there is node there.

  • @soulpassionateintl3626
    @soulpassionateintl362611 ай бұрын

    Great Teacher

  • @missionimpossible5657
    @missionimpossible565710 ай бұрын

    New subscriber unlocked

  • @mikhailduplessis1652
    @mikhailduplessis16522 жыл бұрын

    no one gonna talk about how he's writing backwards?

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wish I had the skill to write backwards like that. I'm just using software to mirror the video

  • @torikenyon

    @torikenyon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ElectronXLab That's genius!!

  • @toadroller

    @toadroller

    Жыл бұрын

    I was watching it thinking, "wow, pretty darn good, writing backwards behind plexiglass," and then, "ooh, he's lefty too. That's rare!" and then, "oh. Flipped the video." Regardless, nice explanation of the concepts and showing how to "see" into the circuit from the Thevenin check point perspective.

  • @simegnewtesfaye4455

    @simegnewtesfaye4455

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ElectronXLab 👍👍👍

  • @teddyjones3652
    @teddyjones36522 ай бұрын

    Great vid legend

  • @lineekelaleonard4808
    @lineekelaleonard48083 ай бұрын

    this was helpful 🤜🤛

  • @yawarabbas3363
    @yawarabbas3363 Жыл бұрын

    Well explained

  • @KAFKUBA
    @KAFKUBA3 ай бұрын

    I'm lost and I've been an engineer 40 years... never needed this cause I never could believe it

  • @robertbatista50
    @robertbatista507 ай бұрын

    Excellent explanations. Knowing that there are any number of ways to solve the ckt, the simpler (thus faster) method instead of Superposition would have been to use “Special Thevenin” without the 4K and then to stick it back in to come up with a final Vth answer. He could even have left the 4K in and used Millman for a quicker solution.

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    6 ай бұрын

    Great tip!

  • @joshuarakuasi6843
    @joshuarakuasi68433 ай бұрын

    Thank you Sir

  • @ElelusivebudgieNor
    @ElelusivebudgieNor2 ай бұрын

    So i am confused about how the thevenin voltage is between terminals A and B, but when you re-insert the load resistor in between these two terminals, the thevenin voltage does not drop across the load resistor. May you explain this to me? thanks

  • @jethrobo3581
    @jethrobo35817 ай бұрын

    Wow... I wish KZread (and ElectronX Lab) would have been around when I was in EE (40 years back).

  • @aidennormand5377
    @aidennormand53775 ай бұрын

    YOU ARE GOATED

  • @solosamuraiz1526
    @solosamuraiz1526 Жыл бұрын

    How is the 2k in parallel? It contadicts other videos. If its a speci direction due to removing Vs, thsy should be noted

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    6 ай бұрын

    when you short the voltage sources, the 2k is in parallel with the 10k and the 4k resistors

  • @otriyoghosh

    @otriyoghosh

    6 ай бұрын

    How????????????????????????@@ElectronXLab

  • @leonardosalazar4141
    @leonardosalazar41416 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    6 ай бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @aliyasser4364
    @aliyasser43645 ай бұрын

    What will be the Vth if it was between 10k ohm ?

  • @VipWeerasooriya
    @VipWeerasooriya2 жыл бұрын

    Sir, what happened 1.33 Kilo ohm?

  • @ultrongaming9033
    @ultrongaming9033 Жыл бұрын

    Is the VAb solved by using superposition theorem?

  • @StandforAjdetray

    @StandforAjdetray

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes!But it is just only use simple node voltage way to find out Eab !

  • @foryourculture_
    @foryourculture_7 ай бұрын

    4:05 How did you get 2.857K as the combonation of the 10K and 4K?

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    6 ай бұрын

    (10000^-1 + 4000^-1)^-1 = 2857

  • @foryourculture_

    @foryourculture_

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ElectronXLabI got another question do you have a video that is solely for thevenin?

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    6 ай бұрын

    @@foryourculture_ this one maybe: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpqtyLahktXXn9Y.htmlsi=fVvYrxVFgQKT_5sh

  • @robinaranas231
    @robinaranas2316 ай бұрын

    How did you get the 2.85?

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    6 ай бұрын

    It's the parallel combination of the 10k and 4k resistors

  • @calculusrescue2704
    @calculusrescue27045 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    5 ай бұрын

    You bet! Thank You!

  • @alexanderjosephmoonga2047
    @alexanderjosephmoonga2047 Жыл бұрын

    Thank sir but u have to be slow and clear when lecturing please

  • @petertang9909
    @petertang99092 жыл бұрын

    hi professor, now I am a student. In an exam, I solved a problem like you in the video, but my professor think that I am wrong. I am not sure if I am wrong or my prefessor is wrong. May I send you my solution and you check it if my solution is ok or not? thanks

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry, I won't be able to help you with your assignment. Hopefully you can find a classmate to work with.

  • @petertang9909

    @petertang9909

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ElectronXLab it's not my assignment, just a question in an exam, my professor's answer is different from mine. So I wanted you to see my solution and find my errors. ok forget it. Thanks anyway.

  • @danielliden6829
    @danielliden68292 жыл бұрын

    Why is it -10 and not +10 at 4:22 but it is +24 at 5.23 when the current is going the same way on both?

  • @ElectronXLab

    @ElectronXLab

    2 жыл бұрын

    For the initial circuit, I put the 10V source "upside down" - positive at the bottom and negative at the top.

  • @charlieibkiss4068
    @charlieibkiss40686 ай бұрын

    Why did you do 2k plus 4k instead of 10k+4k?

  • @calebadenuga5332

    @calebadenuga5332

    4 ай бұрын

    Because the 10k is in series with the voltage source and since we want to make the resistors in series to the voltage source, we can just pick up the 2k and 4k that are in parallel, sum them up (i.e 2k//4k), the result will be in series with both the 10k and the voltage source (which is what we intended) so by finding the voltage drop across the 1.333 (i.e 2k//4k) is the same as Vab