On Thursday 14 February 2008 10:07, James Knott wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Thursday 14 February 2008 08:52, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
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I'm pretty certain it won't be able to measure any spikes. As for the type of load, it's almost 99% resistive. I.e. the load doesn't vary with the phase of the AC.
"Resistive" means the current and the voltage are in phase with each other.
But I don't see how a transformer primary, which is an inductor, can be anything _but_ reactive.
An unloaded transformer is inductive, which limits the current to a low value and lagging voltage by 90 degrees. As the load increases, the voltage and current come closer into phase. When the transformer is at maximum load, the phase angle will be 0, assuming a resistive load on the transformer.
Ah, right. Well, my EE courses were a very long time ago. (Programming rots the brain, it appears...) Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org