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<big>On 2014-06-01 18:24, unsolicited wrote:</big>
<blockquote cite="mid:538BA829.2010702@swiz.ca" type="cite"><big>...
cause I wanted pure sine out ...<br>
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While not questioning your requirements I will take this as a jumping
off point for this discussion.<br>
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The output of some UPSes is, as you noted, not a sine wave. For these
types of UPSes the output s is generated by a rectangular pules in
opposite polarities.<br>
The amplitude of the pulses is usually fixed. The width of the pulses
are modified in a Pulse Width Modulated manner such that the resulting
power curve approaches the nominal 110 Vac. <br>
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Note, I said "power curve" as this implies both supply voltage and load
current.<br>
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The voltage and current are specified in RMS - Root Mean Square - while
not mathematically exactly an "average" can be thought of as such.<br>
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The nominal 100 Vac sometimes called 117 Vac or 120 Vac has a wide
tolerance, ranging from about 90 Vac to something around 126 Vac.<br>
I would expect that UPSes are calibrated to supply their output at the
low end of this range.<br>
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For most equipment this synthesized ac voltage supply is perfectly OK.<br>
(Even for a "shaded-pole" AC motor. Personally, tested and verified.)<br>
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Pure sine wave AC is important for some synchronous motors.<br>
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jsquared</big><br>
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