Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!border-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!border-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!eu1.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=FPTT9X;oQ:hFA2VXljM1EmVLoAL\f[]NkZ;Eh0g1E:IoEFHKoRnSXPnD1d8;0A_B7bOYN\n:GP?0j83bFjbjSf5f[X@;]L61lWb5e Subject: Re: Electicity Supply (Re: Pickup trucks for city boys) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <05f9olxd4v.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <108u7js$2f7ql$3@dont-email.me> <7_GcnXdgUOPflyj1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <10945fs$3s2ip$1@dont-email.me> <10947c9$3sdfi$3@dont-email.me> <1096mlr$fvap$1@dont-email.me> <9kojolxgnh.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1097dau$m2j0$4@dont-email.me> <1099cca$14u28$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 05 Sep 2025 20:20:15 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: <68bb45ff$0$18$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1757103615 reader.netnews.com 18 127.0.0.1:48539 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73487 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23878 [snip] > 120V RMS *DOES* have the same thermal effect as 120V DC, but 120V RMS > has a PEAK Voltage of approx 170V and a Peak to Peak value of approx > 340V. > > R.M.S. Voltage = D.C. equivalent Voltage (approx) > > Peak Voltage = 1.414 RMS Voltage (approx) It's the same number as the square root of 2. That helped me to remember it. > Peak to Peak Voltage = 2.828 RMS Voltage, (approx) -- 111 days until the winter celebration (Thursday, December 25, 2025 12:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "The bitterness of low quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten," -- John Wanamaker