Jochen Feldhaar schrieb:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> everything is OK!
> You have 50% duty cycle, and pp Voltage is double the RMS value (what
> would be dissipated as equivalent DC in a resistor).
>
> I wonder why your results are so good in precision that I always get
> suspicious that Mr. Murphy is lurking just around the corner.....hehehe
Oh God, my English.....
I wanted to say that results that tally so fine are a surefire indicator
of a Murphy situation...

Jochen

>
> Greets Jochen
>
> "Kosmerchock, Steve" schrieb:
> >
> > Friends,
> >
> > I am having a problem that I really need help with.
> > I am trying to measure an AC squarewave at 800Hz with a
> > dutycycle of 50%. I am using a Keithley 2000 multimeter
> > set to read ACV. I need to measure the volts peak, the meter
> > gives me the volts RMS. I figure I could do the formula but
> > nothing matches.
> >
> > I am measuring 5.6Vpp and 2.8Vrms. This doesn't make any sense to
> > me. When I measure the sinewave of an equivelant circuit everything
> > works out mathematically. Could someone point me to a possible solution.
> > I have a feeling I am missing / forgetting something trivial.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Steve
> >
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