mattclem509

modified 6 years ago

How do I get 120v 60hz

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02:59:47

Can someone show me how I’m supposed to simulate a US house power source @ 120v 60hz. New to this program. Hobbyist. Ultimately, I’d like to design a charge controller for my wind generator. That’s a long way down the road if I can only get a sign wave with 0 voltage.

I found the drop down settings.

published 6 years ago

hurz

6 years ago

US households do have 60Hz and 120V which is in everycircuit 170Vpeak ! Check this http://everycircuit.com/circuit/4998524836773888

ctbully

6 years ago

Ok, Here is the Solution. Use an AC Source. Set the DC Voltage to 0V. Amplitude to 120V, Freq to 60Hz, Phase 20 45 Deg. Then you will have a 120V AC source at 60Hz

ctbully

6 years ago

You cant have a sine wave with 0 Volts ! The whole idea of a sine wave is that it has a voltage component

ctbully

6 years ago

Set phase to 45 Deg

hurz

6 years ago

@ctbully, following your advice we then have an AC source 20 to 45° in phase and 84.5V AC cuz 120V peak are 84.5V rms. This doesn't sound like "the solution"

hurz

6 years ago

and why 45°?

GOG

6 years ago

drop a voltage source and select it, click on the wrench icon, click on frequency amd change thr voltage and frequency value to whatever you like

hurz

6 years ago

@GOG, that is what @mattclem509 already did, "to whatever you like" what comes out, we can see here?

mattclem509

6 years ago

Haha. There was a setting in the yellow drop box. I feel like a dumb dumb. Just not familiar with the program yet. Thank you for your feedback.

hurz

6 years ago

now you have 60000Hz and 120Vpeak not 120V

sshsslfun

6 years ago

http://everycircuit.com/circuit/4948319792267264

sshsslfun

6 years ago

Use these settings. 60Hz, anything else, you're not simulating it. 170Vpeak should be the amplitude. 120 V means 120 V RMS, Root-Mean Square. You get the 170 V peak by multiplying 120 by the square root of 2, 1.41.

sshsslfun

6 years ago

You currently have 60kHz not 60Hz. Big difference. Aswell as your amplitude is set incorrectly, it should be set to 170V.

sshsslfun

6 years ago

As for the phase, I don't exactly know about that, I always set it to 0.

hurz

6 years ago

@sshsslfun, you read the comments before you post one?

sshsslfun

6 years ago

Yes I do. I did read your comment aswell as the others. But it seems you don't stress enough that his settings are incorrectly set.

hurz

6 years ago

but the circuit you have published is identical? So why you bring a new circuit with same content when that guy haven't react to the first one. Sorry, but i dont understand what this is good for.

hurz

6 years ago

Anyway, do you think if you stress @mattclem509 he will learn better/faster?

Redstone_guy

4 years ago

Turn the amplitude of the AC voltage source to 120 volts. This is apparently the peak voltage

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