Well my first gen Vmax was tripping out so the store gave me a new one and it was Vmax v2 and it has an function 8 i found it it was RMS and mean calculation does anyone know about this?
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Yes. But first, I have to give your vendor kudos for replacing your unit...that was very good of them.
RMS stands for Root Mean Squared and, not to get too technical, it is the equivalent direct current (DC) voltage for a sine wave or square wave wave-form. The VMax and quite a few other variable voltage APV's use what is called Pulse Width Modulation to make a higher voltage "emulate" a lower one. This is done by switching the voltage on and off rapidly so that it "acts" like a lower voltage on the atty.
Mistakenly, some manufacturers designed their PWM devices to show the average voltage where, for instance a 6-volt output that is switched on 50% of the time and off 50% of the time would show as 3 Volts on the display. Unfortunately, that is not correct because, under those circumstances (50% duty cycle) the PWM voltage actually acts like 4.24 Volts (the RMS value).
The V2 VMax (and ZMax) now have an RMS mode that displays a much more correct voltage that will match more closely with other RMS-reading devices and DC-regulated devices like the Provari.
My suggestion, put it in RMS mode and leave it there. It will take you a while to re-learn what voltages work best with your atty's but you'll be seeing a much more accurate voltage on your display.
RMS stands for Root Mean Squared and, not to get too technical, it is the equivalent direct current (DC) voltage for a sine wave or square wave wave-form. The VMax and quite a few other variable voltage APV's use what is called Pulse Width Modulation to make a higher voltage "emulate" a lower one. This is done by switching the voltage on and off rapidly so that it "acts" like a lower voltage on the atty.
Mistakenly, some manufacturers designed their PWM devices to show the average voltage where, for instance a 6-volt output that is switched on 50% of the time and off 50% of the time would show as 3 Volts on the display. Unfortunately, that is not correct because, under those circumstances (50% duty cycle) the PWM voltage actually acts like 4.24 Volts (the RMS value).
The V2 VMax (and ZMax) now have an RMS mode that displays a much more correct voltage that will match more closely with other RMS-reading devices and DC-regulated devices like the Provari.
My suggestion, put it in RMS mode and leave it there. It will take you a while to re-learn what voltages work best with your atty's but you'll be seeing a much more accurate voltage on your display.
you see how many threads this guy has going right now? like ten....every single one is a different question.....
this wall of text is going to make his head explode. lol
@elmattias Haha yeah knew to this have tons of question hope you guys don't mind me asking stupid questions
@DizGrizz thanks the really helps everyone just say but in RMS and it like it better, but now i acutally know why its better =) . Yeah the vendor was very nice two because that Vmax was like 2 months old or something and the store only have a 15 days warranty. If they weren't to give me a new one i would of bought a Vmax
@DizGrizz thanks the really helps everyone just say but in RMS and it like it better, but now i acutally know why its better =) . Yeah the vendor was very nice two because that Vmax was like 2 months old or something and the store only have a 15 days warranty. If they weren't to give me a new one i would of bought a Vmax
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