jartsa
- 1,582
- 141
ZapperZ said:If one were to measure power, which is what I started with (i.e. the amount of energy measured in a unit time), then which wave will produce more energy for a fixed amplitude (i.e. they have the SAME average energy per cycle): the one that makes more complete cycle per unit time, or the one that makes less complete cycle per unit time?
Case 1: Let's say we have a 12 V battery, from witch we draw 1 Ampere for one second, zero Amperes for one second, 1 Ampere for one second ... and so on.
Now the RMS voltage of that current is ## \frac{12}{ \sqrt 2} ##
And the average power is 6 W.Case 2: Let's say we have a 12 V battery, from witch we draw 1 Ampere for two second, zero Amperes for two seconds, 1 Ampere for two seconds ... and so on.
The RMS voltage of that current is still ## \frac{12}{ \sqrt 2} ##
And the average power is still 6 W.
(The voltage varies between 0 and 12, that is the idea, for some reason I talked about amperage)
Last edited: