[AMPS] Watt meters and PEP

[measures]

>
>Hey Ian, what do you make of all these audio amplifier manufacturers
>specifying their equipment output power to be in rms Watts? This doesn't
>make sense to me. I always thought Watts was average power and that RMS
>Watts was meaningless.
>
€  RMS is  equivalent DC heating ability.  For example, with a sine-wave, 
200w-pk would have the heating ability of 100DC watts.  .  

cheers, Dave

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  


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