Dear Mike D: Knowing the right answer and explaining it to a layman without knowing what the common ground is, represents quite a challenge. I think you did a terrific job of explaining it all!
Juergen P. (Jim) Meissner Check out my Website at www.MeissnerResearch.com Read about the benefits of the Brain State Synchronizer sounds for improving your life and health. ----- Original Message ----- From: M. G. Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:06 AM Subject: Re: CS>Full? Sine? Half? > > If you replace "average" with RMS in what you wrote it would all be > > correct. However average and RMS are NOT the same thing. ... > > The average is approximately .90 times the RMS value for a sine wave. > > > > See http://www.traceengineering.com/technical/tech_notes/tn2.html for > > more information on this relationship. > > Thank you. I appreciate the connection. Now, how does one explain the > concept of RMS to a non-technical person other than as a fancy > approximation of "average of the voltage available to do work", which > is what I was intending in my message? > > Be well, > > Mike D. > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [mdev...@eskimo.com ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
