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Re: Average, RMS and Power Factor made easy!



Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <elgersmad-at-fnworld-dot-com>

Read the spec sheet on your Multimeter, and see if it doesn't just give
you a readout in RMS.

Or, use an oscilliscope which reads peak to peak.  Then find the peak
to peak voltage, divide by two, and multiply by seven tenths, and seven
hundredths.

10 volts peak to peak translates to
5 volts peak, and 5 volts peak translates to
3.535 Volts RMS.

The RMS voltage gives you the DC equivalent of AC voltage.  Since, a
sine wave is not continually on, or off the length of time, and the
amount of power over time is reduced to a value equal an amount of
power from a continuous source.

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