Re: AC waveform distortion

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

No, I can hear the distortion in transfromers :) . Yes I looked at it with
an oscilloscope. I'll take a picture later. What I was seeing was current
draw dropping suddenly when the capacitors in switching power supplies were
at higher voltage than what was coming through my full bridge(peak and
trough of the waveform). It certainly didnt look sinuosidal, although I dont
know how much it affects inductors...etc.

---Eric
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Subject: Re: 1600 watts magnetizing current/AC waveform distortion


 > Original poster: "Scott Hanson" <huil888-at-surfside-dot-net>
 >
 >
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 > Subject: Re: 1600 watts magnetizing current?
 >
 > Eric -
 >
 > How do you know you have "baad" waveform distortion?
 >
 > I'm assuming that you used an oscilloscope to actually view your AC line
 > waveform ....
 >
 > Can you describe what the waveform distortion looked like?
 >
 > Regards,
 > Scott Hanson
 >
 >   Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >
 > I know how power factor works ........ (snip)
 >
 >   How do you work out power factor when your voltage and current are non
 > sinuosidal (we have baad waveform distortion
 >   here)?
 >
 > Eric
 >
 >