#1 21680502 12 Aug 2018 13:45 Anupriya Srivastava Anupriya Srivastava Anonymous Post #1 21680502 12 Aug 2018 13:45 When asked to find power, when do we calculate average power and when RMS power?
#2 21680503 13 Aug 2018 07:19 Kevin Angelo Ma Kevin Angelo Ma Anonymous Post #2 21680503 13 Aug 2018 07:19 What do you think? If you measure using a multi meter, what do you usually get?
#3 21680504 13 Aug 2018 13:09 David Ashton David Ashton Anonymous Post #3 21680504 13 Aug 2018 13:09 Here's a good article on why we use RMS instead of average for the effective value of a sine (or, for that matter, any) waveform. https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/40341/why-v-rms-instead-of-v-average So when to use average? If your power is on for 1 minute, off for 4 minutes, then the average power used is 200 W
