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dhdc | 3 years ago

To transfer an equivalent amount of power to a given load, AC has a peak to peak voltage of about 170V compared to DC's constant 120V.

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unnouinceput|3 years ago

170V is peak to median. Peak to peak is double that (340V).

More precisely the math formulae is: "AC voltage" x sqrt(2) - for median. And you double that for peak-to-peak