Re: Average, RMS and Power Factor made easy!

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "David Sharpe by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <sccr4us-at-erols-dot-com>
> 
> Terry
> The 0.7071 factor for pk to rms value is ONLY VALID for sinusoidal periodic
> waveforms.  Square waves are a different fish to fry...
> 
> I'll look in my Yokogawa references and see what the rms equations are for
> a periodic square wave...  I believe the HP meter over the Tek any day of the
> week in this case.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Dave Sharpe, TCBOR
> Chesterfield, VA. USA

	For a square wave the average equals the peak equals the RMS.

Ed