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Re: AC Circuit Quiz #1

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Originally Posted by Matt Krass View Post
This was a fun challenge, any particular reason for it?
Just to raise awareness among interested students here on CD how AC calculations differ from the simple V=IR DC stuff they learned, and maybe motivate some to get into studying it.


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It almost sounds like a motor controller to motor, if the wave was square instead of sine.
Yeah, it was inspired by some recent discussions here involving motor inductance and how that affects power calculations.