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The amount of charge required to pass a current of one ampere past a point in one second.

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One coulomb

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The rate of energy transfer for an appliance.

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Power

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Types of Energy:

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Electrical Energy, Heat Energy, Atomic Energy, Mechanical Energy

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Flow of electron, measured by ammeter.

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Current ( Polarity in DC )

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Ability to do work.

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Potential

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The difference in electric potential between two points.

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Voltage ( Polarity in DC )

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Provides the electrical pressure or force that enables the current or electrons to flow.

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Voltage

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Restrict / Opposes flow of current. Produce heat when current flows through it.

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Resistance ( Units is ohms )

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Increasing _______ will reduce flow of current.

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Resistance

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Coil of wire. Opposes change in current.

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Inductor ( Unit is henry )

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A component that stores energy. Gets charged when voltage is applied.

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Capacitor

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Materials that have low resistance to current flow. Used in electrical circuits to connect components to one another.

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Conductors ( Copper, Aluminum, Gold )

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Materials that have a high resistance to current flow. Materials that do not permit heat and electricity to pass through it.

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Insulators ( Glass, rubber and dry air )

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Relation between three quantities learnt.

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Ohm’s law

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15
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0.746 kilowatts

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1 hp ( Horsepower )

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One path for current flow.

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Series circuit

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Some voltage loss takes place across each load and is called _____.

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Voltage drop

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Occur when current does not go through its inetended path.

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Short circuits

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Measures multiple types electrical characteristics with a single device.

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Multitester

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Includes any type of heating element. Best examples are Incandescent lights, toasters, ovens, space heaters, and coffee makers

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Resistive load

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Provide power to electric motors. Examples are moving parts Fans, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, washing machines, compressors in refrigerators and air conditioners, and other household items and gadgets.

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Inductive load

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Has both current and voltage waves, and current peaks before the voltage.

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Capacitive load

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Supply a lot of electricity, used in many electrical appliances.

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Power stations

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Supply a little electricity, portable, safe.

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Electric cells ( Batteries )

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Instrument used to measure voltage.
Voltmeter
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Voltmeter must be connected _____ to the circuit.
Across
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The flow of electricity is called _____.
Electric current
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An instrument used for measuring electric current.
Ammeter
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Ammeter must be connected in _____ in the circuit.
Series
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Electric circuits are made up of _____?
Electrical components
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Incomplete circuits are called ____.
Open circuits
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Used to open or close a circuit.
Switch
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A single loop is formed.
Series circuit
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A measure of how much energy the electrons receive.
Voltage
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An electrical component that is specially made to have a certain resistance is called _____?
Resistor
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This have only on resistance value.
Fixed resistors
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This can be adjusted to change the resistance.
Variable resistors
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The chemical change that occurs when an electric current passes through solutions or molten compounds.
Electrolysis
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A magnet that is made by using electricity.
Electromagnet
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_____ is a Joule per Columb (J/C).
One Volt
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One Amp of current is _____
One Coulomb per second
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Produced by solar cells and chemical cells ( Batteries ). Current only flows in one direction.
Direct Current
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Current flows back and forth ( alternates ), generators produce them.
Alternating current
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How many is the 120 volts circuits in amp?
15 - 20 amp circuits
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How many is 249 volt circuits in amps?
30, 40, or 50 amps
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Objects that allow electric current to flow are called _____.
Conductors
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Begins with main service wires that enter your home from an overhead utility line or underground feeder wires.
Branch circuits
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Circuits that serve general lighting need in rooms.
Lighting circuits
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These are circuits that serve only general purpose plug in outlets.
Outlet circuits
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Depending on how the home has been wired, sometimes the circuit layout has all lights and outlets in a room served by individual circuits.
Room circuits
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Small drawings or pictograms used to represent various electrical devices.
Electrical symbols
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An electrical design goes through several important stages of development.
Design process
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It requires seperate or dedicated electrical circuitry.
Specialized electrical requirements
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The part of the design process that generally requires the greatest amount of time to develop.
Lighting systems
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The installed equipment that provides for the distribution of electrical wiring throughout the facility.
Distribution system
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The main and largest equipment of distribution substation.
Distribution transformer
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It is a drum containing transformer oil and mounted at the top of the transformer and connected to the main tank by a pipe.
Conservator
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It prevents transformer oil from moisture contamination and it contain silica gel.
Breather
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It is protective relay of transformer. This device signals the fault as soon as it occurs and cut the transformer out of the circuit l immediately.
Buchholz Relay
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This causes an instantaneous vaporization of oil, leading to extremely rapid buildup of gaseous pressure.
Explosion Vent
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It indicates level of transformer oil at the conservator of the transformer.
Oil level indicator
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It provides passage to pout the transformer oil in the tank during purification or in case of shortage found in the tank.
Inlet valve
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It provides passage to drain the oil during overhauling or as and when required oil sample for testing.
Outlet valve
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These tubes provide better and effective cooling of transformer oil by increasing the surface area of tank to the atmosphere.
Cooling tubes
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Used to regulate the output voltage manually according to line voltage.
Tap changer
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An equipment which automatically cut of power supply of the system when any fault or short circuit occurs in the system.
Circuit breaker
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It arrest and discharges over voltage to earth during lightning strokes.
Lightning arrester
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Used to isolate equipment for maintenance and also for transfer of load from one bus to another.
Air break switch / Isolator
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To insulate live conductor or equipment at different voltage with reference to the ground structures as well as provide mechanical support.
Insulator
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A conductor used to connect two or more equipment located side by side when the currents are very high.
Busbar arrangement
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A series parallel combination of capacitors required to improve power factor of the system.
Capacitor bank
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Has a very low resistance and connects the electrical equipment to the general mass of the earth.
Earthing
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Provided at outdoor substation yard for restricting entry of unauthorized person and livestock.
Fencing arrangement
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The housed in the control room.
Distribution panelboard
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A top view, birds eye view of a property that is drawn to scale.
Site plan
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Disposition of doors and windows in the external walls, east side.
Aspect
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Outside view seen from inside of the room.
Prospect
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Exposure of the interior space / room to the visitors vision
Privacy
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Getting maximum benefit from minimum dimensions or space of room.
Roominess
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Passage, corridors, verandahs are what type of circulation?
Horizontal circulation
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Stairs, lifts, escalators are example of what kind of circulation?
Vertical circulation
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To facilitate accommodation of changes in the plan of the building in future if necessary.
Flexibility
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The aeshtetic view of the building or the beauty of the building.
Elegence
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Plans today are created digitally using _____.
Computer aided design
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Which activity did we discover what objects are conductors and what objects are nonconductors?
Solid conductors

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