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RE: RMS



Subject: 
        RE: RMS
  Date: 
        Wed, 9 Apr 1997 21:11:02 -0500
  From: 
        malick-at-mail.hvs-dot-com
    To: 
        tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


TE>RMS stands for "Root Mean Square"  to find it, take your peak to peak
TE>voltage and multiply by .707. or take RMS voltage and divide by .707
to
TE>get
TE>back to the VP-P that most meters measure.

TE>Hope I helped.

TE>LT

Oops.  You've got a small typo here.  You have to divide the peak to
peak voltage by 2 before multiply it by .707 to get the RMS
value....Well, you don't have to divide by 2 first, you could do it
after .707.. ;)