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RMS, AND 1.732 FOR 3 PHASE

RMS, AND 1.732 FOR 3 PHASE

RMS, AND 1.732 FOR 3 PHASE

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I was wondering if anyone knew why with single phase, we use the constant .707, which is the reciprocal of the square root of 2. And for 3 phase we use the constant 1.732, which is the square root of 3, but not the reciprocal value. I am not a student, btw, doing homework. I've just forgotten. Is 1.732, not the RMS? Or, some other value. I've looked a lot, and cannot find exactly what that number represents.

RE: RMS, AND 1.732 FOR 3 PHASE

There is no connection whatsoever between those two numbers.

The 1/sqrt(2) is to calculate RMS fom sine peak.

The sqrt(3) is relation between V(L-L) and V(L-N).

If you can't find that anywhere, then you can't have been looking very well. It is in all basic text-books. And your teacher must have mentioned it several times.

Gunnar Englund
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