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Wayne_Dohnal
May 03, 2013Explorer
Even if somebody has real numbers I don't think you can put a lot of faith in them. AFIAK there's no standard definition for a surge measurement. When a motor starts, the first AC cycle generally draws the most current and it tapers down from there over a second or two. Does a surge measuring meter capture the peak at an individual cycle level? Does it sample over a certain time window and report the average? Is it reporting peak, average, or RMS values? I don't think there's much if any standardization between meters. Just as trivia I've measured the eu2000i peaking out at around 43 amps which it can sustain for only a couple of AC cycles.
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