Re: RMS

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• Subject: Re: RMS
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• Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 10:45:01 -0500
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Subject:  Re: RMS
  Date:   Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:16:21 -0400
  From:   "Lord Talimar" <lordtali-at-mill.tds-dot-net>
    To:   "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


meters are RMS???? I need to go yell at my teacher then.  He said meters
are P-P.  Sorry for the confusion then.

LT

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> 
> 
> Whoa there LT! Most meters measure RMS. You'd better know p-p to rate
> your caps. 
> 
> P=1.414*RMS
> P=.5*P-P
> P-P=2*P
> RMS=.707*P
> 
> VA Ratings (or Volt-Ampere ratings) refer to power capabilities.
> Power=Volts*Amps
> 
> Heinz
> 
>   Date: 
>         Tue, 8 Apr 1997 01:29:58 -0400
>   From: 
>         "Lord Talimar" <lordtali-at-mill.tds-dot-net>
>     To: 
>         "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> 
> 
> RMS stands for "Root Mean Square"  to find it, take your peak to peak
> voltage and multiply by .707. or take RMS voltage and divide by .707 to
> get
> back to the VP-P that most meters measure.
> 
> Hope I helped.
> 
> LT
>

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