On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 05:29 AM, Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd wrote:
I hope not! RMS power is a useless parameter . You can compute it analytically, but it is pretty meaningless. The mean power is what is relevant, as that causes the same heating as DC would.?
I think the measured amperage would be RMS, by virtue of measuring the temperature of the resistor. Guided by the title of thread, was only referring to current.?
Interesting calculator for temperature to peak wavelength. I've had some trying out some common temperature values. The sample curves in the description are nice for getting a feel for how far the hot body spectrum would extend into the near infrared.?
Tom, wb6b
