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From: raoul@eplunix.UUCP (Nico Garcia)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: RMS versus pk-pk (small correction)
Message-ID: <1072@eplunix.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 91 15:57:19 GMT
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In article <1071@eplunix.UUCP>, raoul@eplunix.UUCP (Nico Garcia) writes:
> My oscilloscope says it's 320 V p-p. This means our output voltage is
> 	160 V	*	sin(	377	*	t	+ 	delta)
> 	1/2 of p-p		2 * Pi * 60 cycles		time offset
> And, 160 * 2^1/2 = 113 Volts. OK? In a perfect 120 Volts RMS world, it would
> be 339.4 Volts p0p. 

Gods, even *I* did it. 160 * (1/2)^1/2 = 113 Volts. So, we all get mixed up
in this stuff we know so well....

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