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From: steele@EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Richard Steele)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Crest factors
Summary: What are crest factors?
Keywords: crest factors, multimeters
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Date: 10 Nov 89 17:34:59 GMT
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While looking through several mail-order catalogs and manufacturur
spects for digital multimeters, I've often come across something
called a "crest factor."  Typical values seem to be 3 or 4 (no
units specified).

Does anyone know what this means? 

Richard A. Steele                                  Purdue University
"Standards are wonderful...there are so many to choose from"
				                   -Andrew Tanenbaum