Unless the AC is a square wave, in which case stuff becomes different.
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JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months agoAh, so that’s why it’s half power compared to DC, makes sense.
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 10 months ago
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months 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.