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Re: testing AC motor curent with a pico scope
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 3/25/2023

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Michael, on a sine wave the peak voltage is 1.414 times the RMS value. The RMS value has the same heating value as a steady DC voltage of the same value.

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