Re: Bad Boy "Plus" Opportunity Charger

[Ron Schroeder <rjs@bnl.gov>]

At 12:31 PM 5/30/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Lee Hart <leeahart@earthlink.net>  answered my message:
>
>> Mike Chancey wrote:
>> > At 187 volts and 2 amps output, the AC ammeter was indicating about
>> > 6.5 amps input. That works out to a power factor of about .47
>>
>> It might be even worse. Was the AC ammeter true rms?
>
>I have been told since the ammeter is of the "moving metal" type it should
>be true RMS.  Does this make sense?
>
><SNIP>

Moving metal is only RMS with sine waves.  The worse the crest factor the
farther off they are.

Ron
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