At 12:25 PM 2/27/02 -0500, you wrote:

>I am trying to measure the voltage across a motor. The waveform is AC line
>and supposed to be sinusoidal; but it could be distorted if it is from a bad
>generator. In that case, I am not sure if RMS is the best measurement. Any
>ideas?


But, why are you measuring the voltage?  What are you doing with the number?
Presumably it's related to something of interest (torque etc.), so what is
the relationship of that to the voltage?

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