Dennis wrote.
> All power formulas square the voltage or current to get rid of those
> negative terms.
No, not all. What about P=V*I*cos(alpha) where alpha is the power
factor?
> The square of a positive number is a positive number.
< snip, etc.>
> The commonly known conversion factors only apply to pure sinewaves
> and
> averaging over multiples of full cycles of the waveform.
Yes!
73,
George T. Daughters, K6GT
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