Talk:Duty cycle

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The time it takes for the welder to cool itself down so that it doesnt overheat.

Duty cycle in some equipment such as laser printers is a specification that no one seems to be able to define or explain. Peter Resch

In equation

   duty cycle = t/T;

where

   D is the duration that the function is non-zero
   Τ is the period of the function.

"D" does not occur in the equation, and tau does not occur in the "where" explanation, nor in the figure.

Further " D is the duration that the function is non-zero" in nonsensical.

Can we get an improvement? Thank you!

Hans Leander

This should now be better, please feel free to edit the article to improve it further. - CyrilB 19:43, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Duty cycle is appicable to only square wave form or other forms also?