Unless the AC is a square wave, in which case stuff becomes different.
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JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year agoAh, so that’s why it’s half power compared to DC, makes sense.
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 year ago
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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Not really.
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Where on earth would Mains be a square wave?
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Pher@lemmy.world 1 year 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.