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RMS is used to determine the average power in an alternating current. Since the voltage in an A/C system oscillates between + and -, the actual average is zero. The RMS or "nominal" voltage is defined as the square root of the average value of the square of the current, and is about 70.7% of the peak value.

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The r.m.s. value of an alternating current or voltage is the value of direct current or voltage which produces the same heating effect.

Fo a sine wave, the r.m.s. value is 0.707 x the peak value.

The average value is different; for a sine wave it is 0.636 x the peak value.

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