Hello M., Monday, October 22, 2001, 7:06:11 AM, you wrote:
>> If you replace "average" with RMS in what you wrote it would all be >> correct. However average and RMS are NOT the same thing. ... >> The average is approximately .90 times the RMS value for a sine wave. >> >> See http://www.traceengineering.com/technical/tech_notes/tn2.html for >> more information on this relationship. MGD> Thank you. I appreciate the connection. Now, how does one explain the MGD> concept of RMS to a non-technical person other than as a fancy MGD> approximation of "average of the voltage available to do work", which MGD> is what I was intending in my message? MGD> Be well, MGD> Mike D. MGD> [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] MGD> [[email protected] ] MGD> [Speaking only for myself... ] Mike: An easy way to explain it is as follows. RMS AC voltage is the equivilant to the DC voltage it would take to heat the same purely resistive, non-reactive element, to the same temperature. -- Best regards, Solar mailto:[email protected] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
