Understanding RMS Values in AC Circuits √2 ? | Voltage | Current

🔍 Dive deep into the world of AC circuits with our comprehensive tutorial! In this video, we demystify RMS values, exploring essential equations for calculating voltage, power, and current in alternating current systems. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional, this tutorial is your guide to understanding and applying key electrical engineering concepts.
🕒 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction to AC Circuits
1:20 - Deriving Power Equations for DC Circuits
2:43 - Deriving Power Equations for AC Circuits
6:45 - Comparing AC and DC Power Calculations
6:59 - Importance of RMS Values
7:30 - Deriving RMS AC Circuits
8:21 - Using RMS values
📚 Key Takeaways:
Learn the fundamentals of AC circuits
Understand the significance of RMS values
Explore power calculations for AC and DC systems
Simplify complex equations for streamlined analysis
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  • @dalesmith8666
    @dalesmith86665 ай бұрын

    As an electrical engineer (myself retired), your explanation, with detail, is very well done ! Thumbs up. I've passed this along to others.

  • @billcrowell5096
    @billcrowell50965 ай бұрын

    This is the single best presentation on Ohm's Law, DC and AC circuits that I've EVER seen! I've been doing electronics since 1972.

  • @saintsoomro

    @saintsoomro

    4 ай бұрын

  • @envitech02
    @envitech025 ай бұрын

    In 1988, right out of high school, I studied electronics engineering. I studied Ohm's Law, P=VI and RMS. But I never got around to why RMS is RMS. Now as a 50+ old geezer, I know. The animation at 4:05 is brilliant!!!

  • @monteceitomoocher

    @monteceitomoocher

    5 ай бұрын

    Something a visual representation makes a concept much more clear and understandable.

  • @martinfarfsing5995
    @martinfarfsing59954 ай бұрын

    I have college and university degrees in electronics and electrical engineering, oh how I wish your tutorial and internet site existed then , I'm looking thru your sites , thank you

  • @eltranjbar6837
    @eltranjbar6837Ай бұрын

    Great explanation after years of being an engineer we are getting to understand voltage and current 😂😊 I always thank God that there are scientists who think and research to help us understand such things .

  • @d3vilman69
    @d3vilman695 ай бұрын

    Damn. That is one crystal-clear explanation of the RMS value. I know there is such a thing as RMS voltage in AC circuits but never could comprehend how it is derived. Hope I had KZread in my college days..

  • @mohsenyousef4505
    @mohsenyousef45052 ай бұрын

    If I’d have known this analogy during my study it would’ve saved lots of time and could pass the class with better grade

  • @note9redmi17
    @note9redmi175 ай бұрын

    Good job. You managed to explain a not simple concept using concise and effective approach.

  • @loren6609
    @loren660922 күн бұрын

    this is pure gold. one of the best videos ive seen. thank you very much

  • @Profmad

    @Profmad

    21 күн бұрын

    Wow, thank you!

  • @Tim-Kaa
    @Tim-Kaa5 ай бұрын

    Beautifully explained, thank you!

  • @gunaratna123
    @gunaratna1235 ай бұрын

    I had a blurred idea about RMS. It started with measuring UPS and SMP power supplies. Understood that cheap multimeters cannot measure the correct voltage etc. You cleared it. Thank you!

  • @tharangakpkk
    @tharangakpkk4 ай бұрын

    Best video as an electrical engineer i have ever seen explaining this...

  • @uksachin8892
    @uksachin88925 ай бұрын

    Suprised To see a new way to derive The equation. initially I know a method to derive this equation using calculus but this method is more mind wobbling...

  • @am9ac11

    @am9ac11

    4 ай бұрын

    As an electrical engineer myself, this method explains how ac power formulas started, but the calculus wad explains the understanding of what the words Root Mean Square mean. You can't average and sine wave centered on zero, so square it, now its all positive, now average it (mean), now reverse the squaring(root). And voila RMS and you get the same answer Vpeak / root 2.

  • @mp4338
    @mp43385 ай бұрын

    The peak voltage is usually used for capacitor. You must select capacitor voltage w/this voltage and no Vrms. In DC capacity the selected voltage must be function of the capacitor model. It is better 2 time more voltage than used dc voltage (specialy for tantalum).

  • @adhamraad8619
    @adhamraad86195 ай бұрын

    Unbelievable Very interesting 👍 Thanks

  • @gregkocher5352
    @gregkocher53525 ай бұрын

    It was decades ago, we went through the full derivation for RMS. About 15 years into my career I forgot how to derive it, but knew the sqrt of 2. Lol. This is a very nice review of the subject.

  • @johndevires5911
    @johndevires59115 ай бұрын

    NOW I understand. Thank you very much. 👍

  • @BeautifulPlaces7290
    @BeautifulPlaces72903 ай бұрын

    The best video with the best and simplest explanation I have ever seen

  • @piotrgorynski1810
    @piotrgorynski18105 ай бұрын

    Why youtube and guys like you didn’t exist in 1992? DZIĘKUJĘ 🎉❤😊

  • @vincentpinto1127
    @vincentpinto11273 ай бұрын

    Fascinating! Wish I had learnt it like this in the early 80s!

  • @Electric_Sherlock
    @Electric_Sherlock3 ай бұрын

    This is not how I learned it but exactly how I understood it to be. Far too often do we expect others to teach us and make us understand. Yes, there are some teachers that are better than others, but that doesn’t diminish the responsibility we have to ourselves for our own understanding of a topic

  • @jensschroder8214
    @jensschroder82145 ай бұрын

    The voltage changes in the US 60 times, in Europe 50 times. In Japan there are both networks, one 50Hz and one 60Hz, but only 100V RMS The voltage is 220V RMS in Russia, 230V RMS in continental Europe and 240V RMS in England. V peak is almost never used and V RMS is almost always used! V peak is only used when the AC voltage is rectified and the expected maximum DC voltage is asked. V RMS x SQR(2) = V peak V RMS x1,414 = V peak

  • @naharsingh7537
    @naharsingh75374 ай бұрын

    Very nice topic for basic Electrical engineering

  • @henryaganon514
    @henryaganon5142 ай бұрын

    as a retired ECE this should be the way we teach this to kids.

  • @malikaamir6412
    @malikaamir64123 ай бұрын

    Best video on this topic uptill now 👍👍👍

  • @B00BS.
    @B00BS.4 ай бұрын

    Brilliant explanation using the animation. Liked it!

  • @ferhatnusreturuc1809
    @ferhatnusreturuc18095 ай бұрын

    thank you, very good explaination.

  • @Jo20020
    @Jo20020Ай бұрын

    it was amazing. Thank you

  • @Esraa_MA
    @Esraa_MA3 ай бұрын

    Wow! 🤩 you smashed it👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @danburch9989
    @danburch99895 ай бұрын

    The RMS value is .707 x peak value of a pure sine wave

  • @civildiscourse2000

    @civildiscourse2000

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, 0.707 being an approximation of 1/(square root of 2).

  • @trangia12
    @trangia124 ай бұрын

    Great presentation, thank you.

  • @straightstreet7143
    @straightstreet71435 ай бұрын

    Very clear man 👍

  • @mikeb4650
    @mikeb46504 ай бұрын

    Phenomenal introduction. Future videos on phase discrimination and power factors would be extremely beneficial. For myself I have never been successful with teaching 746 watts = 1HP, but a 110v rms, 1 hp motor takes 10.2amps average.

  • @Scorpster
    @Scorpster5 ай бұрын

    OMG, I've known about RMS for 45 years, but always thought household power was peak to peak. Even wired my own house from pole to multiple subpanels, how could I have missed that? Just one of the many new things I learned today....

  • @wilcoxdaniel9825

    @wilcoxdaniel9825

    4 ай бұрын

    A negative voltage multiplied by a negative current gives always a positive power. Power then cannot be negative.

  • @hugovanderzee4944
    @hugovanderzee49442 ай бұрын

    This is by far the most clear explanation I have seen. Well done! Minor detail, at 8:55 it says that Vpeak is 325.3. I suppose this needs to be 352.3 (as it states a few seconds later correctly).

  • @smesui1799
    @smesui17996 күн бұрын

    Superb, and clear. Seems perhaps AI ( Artificial Intelligence ) may have assisted in the production of this video, as evidenced by the voice of the presenter.

  • @VivekMudgil-rf2co
    @VivekMudgil-rf2co4 ай бұрын

    Excellent Professor

  • @sagittariusa5642
    @sagittariusa56425 ай бұрын

    Next video ÷ how to transformer less(Capacitor) power supplies work. It Actually convert the voltage? And how about efficiency.

  • @JoeMcLutz
    @JoeMcLutz5 ай бұрын

    Thank You. 👍🏻

  • @moazzamjadoon4436
    @moazzamjadoon44365 ай бұрын

    I have known about the RMS formula for at least 30 years. It's the first time that I know from where this equation comes.

  • @donepearce
    @donepearce5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for using the term Average Power. So many people who should know better think that the product of RMS voltage and RMS current is RMS power. That irritates.

  • @msg1956
    @msg19562 ай бұрын

    Excellent..!

  • @mach1553
    @mach15535 ай бұрын

    RMS is the "square Root of the sum (Mean) of the Squares / 2" - By taking measurements of a sinewave evenly along both sides & peak, squaring each, add them together, then square root the sum which is the RMS voltage. The equation V=V/√2 is the simple method.

  • @civildiscourse2000

    @civildiscourse2000

    5 ай бұрын

    And that's why we use it - it's simple. It's only necessary to use a more sophisticated approach for non-sinusoidal waveforms, would you agree?

  • @nkvirk988
    @nkvirk9884 ай бұрын

    Excellent explanation

  • @mixme8655
    @mixme86555 ай бұрын

    New subscriber always watching your videos very interesting❤

  • @user-hz6er5ld9k
    @user-hz6er5ld9kАй бұрын

    Best job think you for this

  • @amifamousyet1146
    @amifamousyet11464 ай бұрын

    This is gold

  • @bretmutasa2676
    @bretmutasa2676Ай бұрын

    Very good, I wish you could cover more topics

  • @mathiazhagan92
    @mathiazhagan922 ай бұрын

    Super explaining. ..

  • @dajo4349
    @dajo4349Ай бұрын

    Very good videos. I liked the voice, too. I liked the water analogies. I’m going to look at your other videos. Thanks

  • @Profmad

    @Profmad

    Ай бұрын

    Awesome, thank you!

  • @OlaJendor
    @OlaJendor5 ай бұрын

    This is so interesting

  • @eltek04
    @eltek045 ай бұрын

    Very useful

  • @cosmicazur
    @cosmicazur5 ай бұрын

    Awesome

  • @tmatheson54
    @tmatheson544 ай бұрын

    Nice. Thanks. Having exposure to this many times during my 40 plus year career in engineering and as a hobby as a young teenager I found that for RMS when I really got to the Root of this I found that Squares can be really Mean! 😮. Sorry. Humor. I really did like the presentation.

  • @7trepwebstarfieldpaliar943
    @7trepwebstarfieldpaliar9432 ай бұрын

    If you were my electrical engineering professor, I surely will have the best grades❤

  • @ricardo6988
    @ricardo69883 күн бұрын

    man thank you so much

  • @sinaabdi2815
    @sinaabdi28153 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much. Im electric engineer but never understand these . Thank you

  • @GTLearningSolutions
    @GTLearningSolutions14 күн бұрын

    Superb Explanation

  • @Profmad

    @Profmad

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you 🙂

  • @simontsegaygebre4196
    @simontsegaygebre41965 ай бұрын

    Wonderful presentation and animation! Keep it up However, here II do not see any mean square . Do it with the mean square. Using statistics formula.

  • @yasiral-shawi7521
    @yasiral-shawi7521Ай бұрын

    Good job

  • @user-gx9od5by3n
    @user-gx9od5by3n5 ай бұрын

    Thank you I use in study in 12th-Sci

  • @heronimousbrapson863
    @heronimousbrapson8635 ай бұрын

    The current changes direction 100 times a second (120 times in North America). It goes through 50 (60) complete cycles per second.

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    @kamalhamdi67395 ай бұрын

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  • @user-yb8mb1ut4c
    @user-yb8mb1ut4c5 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @farhadghasemi3684
    @farhadghasemi36845 ай бұрын

    thanks

  • @pibbles-a-plenty1105
    @pibbles-a-plenty11055 ай бұрын

    Yeah, so far, so good. But how does one come up with RMS voltage and current?

  • @mohsenyousef4505
    @mohsenyousef45052 ай бұрын

    So, the difference between either the V or I RMS and the effective peak voltage or current is basically the loss it happens during the power transmission!

  • @CommercialGasEngineerVideos
    @CommercialGasEngineerVideos5 ай бұрын

    Thanks, never heard of this.

  • @mikeadler434
    @mikeadler4345 ай бұрын

    👍👍

  • @SachinPatel-pe6rv
    @SachinPatel-pe6rv5 ай бұрын

    Great video. love the tiktok voice

  • @Shivani12326
    @Shivani123265 ай бұрын

    Nice Explanation I have a one question that why power is only in positive

  • @rickb7933

    @rickb7933

    5 ай бұрын

    Power can also be zero but not negative. Think about it intuitively. How could there be negative power? Either work is being performed (positive) or it isn't (zero). The voltage and current being either positive or negative simply refers to the direction the current is flowing. Regardless of direction work is still being performed.

  • @mohammadmajeed4853
    @mohammadmajeed48535 ай бұрын

    👍💙💙

  • @pradyumnanayak9844
    @pradyumnanayak98445 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @B00BS.
    @B00BS.4 ай бұрын

    So, if my RMS is 120V and the peak is 169.7V (as in 8:40) and I use a rectifier to convert it to DC, will I get somewhat 169.7V reading in a voltmeter at the end???

  • @abdelmalek9682
    @abdelmalek96825 ай бұрын

    Is this concept of average AC power applies to both 1 and 3 phases systèmes ?

  • @milroykoelmeyer
    @milroykoelmeyer5 ай бұрын

    Sir l want to know what is differnes between RMS & PMPO and when the output power is given in PMPO IN amps how to calculet the RMS POWER OUT PUT OF THEAMP AWATING for teply pl pl

  • @dashsidhartha
    @dashsidhartha4 ай бұрын

    In other words, RMS value is the DC equivalent voltage in order for the circuit to consume the same power if connected to a DC source. Am I correct?

  • @TallLongGuy
    @TallLongGuy5 ай бұрын

    What service does the voice over. Everyone is using it.

  • @civildiscourse2000

    @civildiscourse2000

    5 ай бұрын

    I'd love to know as well. Unfortunately it's used for a lot of garbage, and this video is very much the opposite.

  • @Mesa_Mike
    @Mesa_Mike5 ай бұрын

    We use 60 Hz in the USA and the direction of the current changes 120 times a second.

  • @normstaley9799
    @normstaley97995 ай бұрын

    simply put - to find Vrms multiply peak voltage by the sin of 45 degrees, and divide Vrms by sin 45 to get peak Voltage

  • @thomasmaughan4798

    @thomasmaughan4798

    5 ай бұрын

    It works but has nothing to do with sine per se; just that the sine of 45 degrees (in a 360 degree circle) just happens to be the square root of 2.

  • @normstaley9799

    @normstaley9799

    5 ай бұрын

    @@thomasmaughan4798 I didn't mean to imply that it did, just an easy way to remember the numbers

  • @normstaley9799

    @normstaley9799

    5 ай бұрын

    @@thomasmaughan4798 also the presence or absence of a "360 degree circle" has no bearing on the sin of any angle

  • @thomasmaughan4798

    @thomasmaughan4798

    5 ай бұрын

    @@normstaley9799 "just an easy way to remember the numbers" That's good; whatever works! I have known this relation for decades but this video simplifies it considerably and removes trigonometric functions.

  • @normstaley9799

    @normstaley9799

    5 ай бұрын

    @@thomasmaughan4798 If you think all the algebraic steps this video goes through to get the answer is simpler than using the method I suggested then we should have a discussion on the meaning of the word SIMPLE

  • @cacornett58
    @cacornett583 ай бұрын

    I think that the Average value is actually .637 of the peak. Avg= P * .637. So 169v*.637= 108.12vac.

  • @mirskym
    @mirskym5 ай бұрын

    Next - power calculation in three phase circuits

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    @UnitFerminBDauag4 ай бұрын

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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    @jozsiolah14355 ай бұрын

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  • @dalenassar9152
    @dalenassar9152Ай бұрын

    Doesn't Root-Mean-Square (RMS) imply SQUARING a time-varying waveform, then taking the AVERAGE (MEAN) value of that, and finally taking the SQUARE root of all that? My guess is that dividing the peak by sqrt(2) only gives the RMS value of a SINE wave, but other waveforms need the whole RMS sequence. Isn't this what "TRUE RMS" DMM's do for 'any' waveform? THANKS MUCH!!!! --dalE

  • @LM-bn1wt
    @LM-bn1wt5 ай бұрын

    50 Hz in europe, 60 Hz in the US.

  • @sollykhan2385
    @sollykhan2385Ай бұрын

    what can i say, apart from 'Shocking' 🙂

  • @LungsMcGee
    @LungsMcGee5 ай бұрын

    Thank heavens for irrational numbers. In this case root 2.

  • @RV35648
    @RV356484 ай бұрын

    Power will not be +ve , it also varies from +ve to - ve like voltage and current , but understand a -ve or +ve will not matter in an appliance all it is only dissipation .

  • @winniethepooh1931
    @winniethepooh19314 ай бұрын

    My multimeter measured household peek to be 120v. Are multimeters RMS?

  • @user-lt9py2pu6u

    @user-lt9py2pu6u

    4 ай бұрын

    Most of the cheaper multimeters give an approximate RMS value which is usually not that far off anyway. Multimeters are available that give a true rns value. It will probably tell you in the specs for your meter which one you have.

  • @jankelbich4605
    @jankelbich46055 ай бұрын

    But in the Europe we usually have 400 V (RMS). Peak value is approximately 566 V.

  • @vladimirarnost8020

    @vladimirarnost8020

    5 ай бұрын

    400 V is the voltage *between phases* in a 3-phase system: 230 V * √3 = around 400 V. 230 V is the RMS voltage between any phase and ground.

  • @Menshinin
    @Menshinin4 ай бұрын

    Странно. Если сравнивать площадь полуволны и прямоугольника такой же ширины, там не корень из 2, а Пи делить на два.

  • @thorhammer6040
    @thorhammer60405 ай бұрын

    you said 325v on the last slide but the graph says 352.3v. Typo

  • @markmanning2921
    @markmanning29215 ай бұрын

    Isnt England 240v ?

  • @okaro6595

    @okaro6595

    5 ай бұрын

    Britain has officially 230 but in practice 240 V they play tricks with the marginals. In 1980 the IEC decided to harmonize 220 V and 240 V to 230 V European countries switched to 230 V but Britain just said they did and used the marginal to cheat.

  • @jensschroder8214
    @jensschroder82145 ай бұрын

    You don't need to calculate that precisely. If the RMS is specified as 230V, then the voltage fluctuates in practice between 221 and 239V. 96% up to 104% of the target. The values ​​can worsted case be 90% up to 110% of the target, i. e. 207V up to 253V

  • @civildiscourse2000

    @civildiscourse2000

    5 ай бұрын

    With respect, what has line voltage variabilty to do with the underlying circuit theory? The video is an explanation of the relationship between DC values and their corresponding AC rms (aka effective) values. Although familiar line voltages are used for example, the relationship is applicable to sinusoids of any magnitude. The degree of necessary precision is a separate practical matter.

  • @JonJon-rj6xo
    @JonJon-rj6xo5 ай бұрын

    240 uk

  • @yunngalex
    @yunngalex4 ай бұрын

    Shanilka Ariyarathne

  • @gleambrite2679
    @gleambrite26794 ай бұрын

    This is the stuff that drives you insane. If you are an engineer or even a hobbyist you do need to know this stuff. AC circuits can be difficult. Where was You Tube in 1992?

  • @zilog357
    @zilog3575 ай бұрын

    So in summary, it is faster the old way, RMS = peak value x 0.707

  • @civildiscourse2000

    @civildiscourse2000

    5 ай бұрын

    Your comment makes me wonder if you thought the video was suggesting we go through a long-winded process to make routine calculations instead of just using "the old way." First of all, the "old way" (0.707peak) is just an approximation of peak/root 2, which is what the video arrives at. This point was to show how peak/root 2 can be derived, and thus where it came from. This can also be shown using calculus, but this derivation is elegant in that it uses only basic algebra and circuit theory.

  • @zilog357

    @zilog357

    5 ай бұрын

    @@civildiscourse2000 No, not at all. I knew the long process from technical school but I just wanted to add that shortcut. Your video is great for knowing where the values come from and their relationship, but in a hurry, and without the need to be too precise, 0.707peak is acceptable and I know that many people will be at ease using the short way. That said, your video is nice and shown in an elegant way. I am sure that interested lurkers will appreciate the details :)

  • @civildiscourse2000

    @civildiscourse2000

    5 ай бұрын

    @@zilog357 Lovely response, thanks. One mlnor point: I'm only a wandering surfer. The content isn't mine.

  • @richardlynneweisgerber2552
    @richardlynneweisgerber25523 ай бұрын

    The ai-driven voice is rather bothersome. But, I need a refresher in this RMS thing really makes for a linear power supply that doesn't burn-out the transformer nearly as quick, and runs much cooler. This AI-powered voice is darn close, but its preponderance of clipped frictatives, grates my nerves. (as if I actually know what clipped fricatives, a bit of a mystery to me. So, THANK Professor MAD In 1984,pondering and cogitating my music and photography 'ny Mad because I am mad as hell and taking it anymore. Gello cuz I'm all wobbly implementing any sort of self-defense, so Ricardo MadGello. If there is an adjustable parameter controlled the the , not sur what its really called, but in the vicinity of consonantsbeing a bit sharp-edged, is more like it? Take Care and thanks again, Maestro. When I arrived at the Boolean Algebra in the Heathkit Digital Electronics course, I somehow managed to incorporate it in my debate tactics. Utilizing pure logic, instead of made-up woowoo science, works great when in the presence of law-school-ruined folks, where logic and proportion? they do not need LSD to toss those out the door, and these folks decided 190 degree scalding fluid caused 3rd-degree burns. That is charred flesh. out ;-)

  • @nm1978

    @nm1978

    3 ай бұрын

    yes I hate this ni.... robotic voice too