Re: 24V switching PSU?

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:59:56 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:25:22 +0100, the renowned John Woodgate
> <jmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I read in sci.electronics.design that Dirk Bruere at Neopax
>><dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote (in <3r8097FidgdkU2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) about
>>'24V switching PSU?', on Thu, 13 Oct 2005:
>>
>>>Today I held in my hand a 1000W RMS amplifier
>>
>>No, you didn't. Watts are NEVER RMS; RMS is a property of 'field
>>quantities' such as voltage and current.
>
> Why then does "Watts RMS" Get 1.55 million hits on Google, and
> "RMS Watts" gets over 15,000?
>
> Not to mention "continuous RMS watts" which gets almost 200 hits,
> probably fewer than the others because it's the crème de la crème of
> watts.
>

But, can you put a 1N5406 in series with a 120V, 100W light bulb across
the 240V mains, and get 100W worth of light?

Thanks,
Rich

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