Does DC offset affect RMS?
Therefore, the RMS value of a sine wave with a DC offset is given by the following expression. The immediate verification of the validity of this expression is the RMS value of a sine wave with zero DC offset. Indeed, when a0 = 0 V, the RMS level reverts back to equation (7), which is 0.707 of the sine amplitude.
What is the RMS value of a DC voltage?
RMS or root mean square current/voltage of the alternating current/voltage represents the d.c. current/voltage that dissipates the same amount of power as the average power dissipated by the alternating current/voltage. For sinusoidal oscillations, the RMS value equals peak value divided by the square root of 2.