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• Pher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Kinda, it’s half the power because the power goes like the temporal average of the current squared, the current oscillates like sine or cosine, and the temporal average of a sine or cosine squared is 1/2.

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• ulterno@lemmy.kde.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Unless the AC is a square wave, in which case stuff becomes different.

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    1. Not really.

    2. Where on earth would Mains be a square wave?

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    • ulterno@lemmy.kde.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Low quality UPS Inverter

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        That’s not what Mains means.

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