[Amps] ripple in B+ supply

Ron Youvan ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
Wed Mar 24 08:36:16 PDT 2010


>> ###  RMS.    Ripple measurements and calcs have been RMS  since day 1.


> Since day 1? I don't think so. Scopes which read peak to peak  have
> been available since the stone age, but meters which will read true
> RMS of a non-sine waveform have not, and I suspect are still rare in
> most ham shacks even today. 

   Most "iron vane" ac Voltmeters measure true RMS.
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