The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance

geoffkait"frequency and oscillation are not synonymous."

This is very true and valid of course but there are those in this forum who speculate how electricity works based on "feelings" and "what seems to be true" yet they lack the knowledge, experience, and understanding of the fundamental basics and elemental principals that apply and there real problem is that when you correct they're confusion and misinformation their so badly hurt in the "ego" that they cannot formulate, express, and convey a rational response we have an entire generation or more that is only able to function in a "safe space."

Let it go, Sherlock.

If you are going to be arrogant, pedantic, and rude, you better invest the time first to ensure you are not erroneous, ignorant, and misguided.


The voltage of the AC supply is a 60Hz sine wave. Your attempt at pedantictry is but a strawman. One has to wonder why you have to resort to a strawman as opposed to addressing the rest of my argument.Clearthink, would you like to try again, to show that you do not understand that the bandwidth of the power delivery to a linear power supply includes harmonics (typically odd harmonics), well above the primary frequency of the AC supply, i.e. there will be significant harmonics at 180, 300, 420, 540, etc. .... and that the sum of those harmonics will be significant, i.e. 30% of the primary is not unusual.


Further, would you like to illustrate how the typical linear power supply would operate if the only frequency of power delivery was 60Hz? I can wait. Why don't you draw it for yourself. Hint, if the only frequency of power delivery is 60Hz, then the current waveform must also be a nice perfect 60Hz sine wave.

audiozen:  Talking or debating with clearthink is like talking politics with the other party.  No one changes their mind but everybody ends up pissed off.  Clearthink clearly thinks there is always only one answer...his.  To debate with him (or Geoff) is pointless.

audiozenology"If you are going to be arrogant, pedantic, and rude, you better invest the time first to ensure you are not erroneous, ignorant, and misguided."

I understand that you’re feelings are hurt, that you’re ego is bruised, and that you’re self-image as an expert, authority, and arbiter of truth has been tarnished, damaged, and diminished and yet I congratulate you for stepping out of you’re "safe space" and venturing to where others can help you question, explore, and learn. Knowledge will come to you over time and I encourage you to continue you’re efforts.

I also encourage you to buy or acquire from you’re local library an introductory to basic electricity so that you can understand Ohm’s law and things like that, much of which is very simple! The complicated things come later but the best approach is to take one step at a time. Don’t give up you can do it! You are still very new hear to this group so time is on you’re side!