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  1. lakevillethor

    dum question: v = Ldi/dt

    Fellas, I am having trouble understanding a basic concept. What I would like to know is how, via what mechanism, the voltage spikes in an inductive load. Lets say that you have an inductor hooked up to 240 VAC. The voltage will raise according to the rate of change of current times the...
  2. lakevillethor

    Finding complex impedance of AC unit...

    Fellow engineers, I need some help calculating the impedance of an Air Conditioning unit. I have the RLA (run load amps), FLA (full load amps) and LRA (locked rotor amps). It is a 240 unit. Are these ratings complex? Moreover, are these ratings given in sqrt (R^2 + X^2) or is it just r? any...

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