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Effect of the current and voltage wave form on the readings of rectifying instruments

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  1. 1.

    The rectifying instrument's error due to the wave form of current or voltage depends on the frequency and amplitude of the effective harmonics and is a periodic function of the phase difference between the higher and the 1st harmonic.

  2. 2.

    The maximum rectifying instrument's waveform error with a 10% content of higher harmonics with respect to the fundamental* does not exceed 5% irrespective of the instruments's class of accuracy.

  3. 3.

    A rise in the content of effective harmonics displaces the error curve towards negative values.

  4. 4.

    The maximum error is produced by a curve containing the 1st and 3rd harmonics, and its maximum possible value occurs for a phase difference of 180° and a ratio of A3/A1 ≈ 0.6 between them.

  5. 5.

    A rectifying instrument's error with a voltage (current) curve containing several harmonics (up to 6) does not exceed the maximum error due to the 3rd harmonic for the same nonlinear distortion coefficient.

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Bogorad, L.M. Effect of the current and voltage wave form on the readings of rectifying instruments. Meas Tech 6, 225–230 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01409261

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