Sunday, June 13, 2010

AC sinewave

1. R.M.S what is it? : R.M.S stands for the route mean square, so we times the peak value X .707 to calculate the R.M.S.

2. what is the peak? : the peak is the positive of the sine wave whereas the trough is the negative of the aforementioned sine wave.

3. what does peak to peak mean? : if we are using a 50 Hz device its peak to peak would be 650 V because the peak and trough are both 325 V so we just add them together.

4. what is the frequency? : frequency is the amount of wave lengths (or revolutions) per second. so 50 Hz means  50 times per seconed.

5. what are wave lengths? : the length of a single wave is 360 degrees.