Abbriviations. Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
Q
- AWG?
A
American wire gage.
2
Q
- Bx?
A
Trade name for AC cable.
3
Q
- c&p?
A
Cord and plug.
4
Q
- CATV?
A
Cable television.
5
Q
- DB?
A
Direct burial.
6
Q
- EGC?
A
Equipment grounding conductor.
7
Q
- EMT?
A
Electrical metallic tubing.
8
Q
- ENT?
A
Electrical nonmetallic tubing, aka smurf tubing.
9
Q
- FLA?
A
Full load amps (motor nameplate current rating).
10
Q
- FLC?
A
Full load current.
11
Q
- FMC?
A
Flexible metal conduit, aka greenfield.
12
Q
- GEC?
A
Grounding electrode conductor.
13
Q
- GES?
A
Grounding electrode system.
14
Q
- IMC?
A
Intermediate metal conduit.
15
Q
- Kc mil?
A
1,000circular mill units (conductor size).
16
Q
- KO?
A
Knockouts.
17
Q
- KVA?
A
Kilo volt amperes = 1,000 volt amps.
18
Q
- L&A?
A
Lighting and appliance (panel-board).
19
Q
- LCDI?
A
Leakage current direction and interruption.
20
Q
- LFMC?
A
Liquid tight flexible metal conduit, aka seal-tight.
21
Q
- LFNMC?
A
Liquid-tight flexible nonmetallic conduit.
22
Q
- MC?
A
Metal clad cable.
23
Q
- NM?
A
Nonmetallic sheathed cable (Romex).
24
Q
- OCPD?
A
Overecurrent protection device (breaker or fuse).
25
26. PV?
Photovoltaic.
26
29. PVC?
Rigid nonmetallic conduit (RNMC).
27
30. RMC?
Rigid metal conduit.
28
31. RNMC?
Rigid nonmetallic conduit (PVC).
29
32. SE?
Service entrance cable.
30
33. SFD?
Single-family dwelling.
31
34. UF?
Underground feeder cable.
32
35. USE?
Under ground service entrance cable.
33
36. VA?
Volt-amps.
34
1. AC?
Armored cable aka BX.
