[Amps] rms Volts, Amps and Watts

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 
On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 20:02:45 -0500, Carl wrote:

>RMS Watts is in the same silly season class as Sears and some others "Peak 
>Horsepower" rating of electrical motors.

REPLY: 
Nothing wrong with rating peak horsepower in the sense of power for a brief
period. Kind of like ICAS rating vs CCS rating. 

Whether they do it accurately or not is another issue. I have no idea and
don't much care. 

73, Bill W6WRT