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RMS is not a unit of measurement!
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<blockquote data-quote="Jepalan" data-source="post: 8266890" data-attributes="member: 655519"><p><strong>Re: reference to totalitarian dictatorships...</strong></p><p></p><p>Seems that Godwin's Law is about to hold true yet again. (Google it if you don't know)</p><p></p><p><strong>Re: What term to use. In the context of Car Audio...</strong></p><p></p><p>When talking about AC power measurements &amp; ratings, we *should* use "watts RMS" or "RMS watts".</p><p></p><p>When talking about AC voltage measurements we *should* use "volts RMS" or "RMS volts".</p><p></p><p>When talking about AC current measurements, we *should* use "amps RMS" or "RMS amps".</p><p></p><p>Just because we *should* use these terms, it doesn't mean we *have* to use them.</p><p></p><p>The OP is *technically* correct. That said, everyone is free to use correct terminology or not. There is no argument against the technical correctness of "RMS" not being a "unit of measurement". There are only *opinions* about the OP's method of "teaching" and others' reactions to his assertiveness.</p><p></p><p>There is nothing else useful to learn from this "discussion" - it will digress into a combination of flame sparring, ego posturing, and useless platitudes.</p><p></p><p>//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/peace.gif.2db28b618ed8d1964ebbe2f5021d2c39.gif</p><p></p><p>PS: while we are at it, BoomTaco64 might want to Google "Dunning–Kruger effect"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jepalan, post: 8266890, member: 655519"] [B]Re: reference to totalitarian dictatorships...[/B] Seems that Godwin's Law is about to hold true yet again. (Google it if you don't know) [B]Re: What term to use. In the context of Car Audio...[/B] When talking about AC power measurements & ratings, we *should* use "watts RMS" or "RMS watts". When talking about AC voltage measurements we *should* use "volts RMS" or "RMS volts". When talking about AC current measurements, we *should* use "amps RMS" or "RMS amps". Just because we *should* use these terms, it doesn't mean we *have* to use them. The OP is *technically* correct. That said, everyone is free to use correct terminology or not. There is no argument against the technical correctness of "RMS" not being a "unit of measurement". There are only *opinions* about the OP's method of "teaching" and others' reactions to his assertiveness. There is nothing else useful to learn from this "discussion" - it will digress into a combination of flame sparring, ego posturing, and useless platitudes. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/peace.gif.2db28b618ed8d1964ebbe2f5021d2c39.gif[/IMG] PS: while we are at it, BoomTaco64 might want to Google "Dunning–Kruger effect" [/QUOTE]
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