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Electrical current alone has no heating effect. Current through a device, with a voltage across the device will have a heating effect. The equation for calculating it is power = voltage x current, where power is proportional to the heating effect If the AC supply is measured as an RMS voltage and an RMS current and the device is resistive, then the heating effect will be identical to the same values with a DC supply. RMS means the "average" voltage or current of an AC supply whereas the peak AC voltage refers to the highest voltage that is reached on each cycle. However, if the device is not just resistive but is inductive, the heating effect will be lower with an AC supply than with a DC supply. By inductive, we mean that the device has a coil or capacitor, for example, in the circuit. The reasons why are outside the scope of this answer but are explained in many electronics text books, or look up "power factor" on Google

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