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Footcandle …. equal to …

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Basic unit of illumination on a work plane

Equal to one lumen per square foot

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Flushometer valve

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A valve which releases a specific amount of water into a plumbing fixture each time it is actuated

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Check valve

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Flow of liquid in one direction

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Fire damper

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With a fusible link and springs (or gravity)

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Starter

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Starts arc in neon or fluorescent

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NPS

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Nominal pipe size … Inner diameter

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Heat pump does both

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Heating and cooling

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Expansion tank

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Tank on hot water heating system that allows for expansion of water as temp rises

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Solar pond system

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Passive solar system that utilizes a pond of water on the roof to maintain year-round temperatures

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Regeneration

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Water softening with zeolite… Replaces mag and cal with brine

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Absorption refrigeration

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Same as desiccant cooling

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Reheat

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Adding sensible heat to a supply air stream which had been previously cooled

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NEC

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National Electric Code

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Draft regulator

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Also barometric damper. Valve to regulate air into a furnace to maintain constant draft.

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Luminaire

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Includes the lights

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Continuous vent

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Also individual vent. A vent as continuation of trap and drain

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Shading coefficient

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Ratio of solar heat gain through a widow with shading devices compared to that thru a single pane double strength clear glass window

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Circular mil

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Area of a wire with a dia. Of one mil (.001 inches)

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Leader

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Downspout

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Rectifier

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Converts AC to DC and recharges batteries

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Static pressure

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Pressure exerted by fluid at rest

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Sunspace system

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Passive solar. Uses direct gain system like a greenhouse with a thermal storage wall

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Pilot tube

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Instrument used with a manometer or pressure gauge to measure the velocity of air or water in a duct or pipe

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Vacuum breaker

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Automatic valve that prevents polluted water from siphoning back into the supply

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Room resonance
Phenomenon when certain frequencies sound louder than others
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Sensible heat ratio
Ratio of sensible heat to enthalpy
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NRC
Noise reduction coefficient. Gives a rating of the average sound absorption in different frequencies
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Anechoic room
A room whose boundaries absorb all of the sound striking them. Also free-field room.
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Circuit vent
"It gets around" Any vent which serves two or more traps
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Hybrid solar system
Combines active and passive solar systems
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In a faucet an air gap prevents what
Water from bowl siphoning into faucet
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Specific volume
The volume of a given weight of a given substance at a given temp and pressure. The reciprocal of density.
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Cavity resonator
Sound-absorbing device consisting of an enclosed body of air confined within rigid walls connected by a narrow opening to the space... Also helmholtz resonator
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Lateral refers to...
A common sewer receiving waste only | From building sewers
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Cross connection
Oops! Waste or nonpotable got into your sewage line!
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A bell is also called a
Hub
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Globe thermometer also called a ...
Glass thermometer. Wet sock placed in an airstream. Think of a glass slipper. Except it's a wet sock. The prince searched the globe for a wet sock that would match her temp.
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Bibb
Faucet with a nozzle vent downward
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Absolute humidity
Weight of water vapor per unit volume of air
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Battery
Cells activated by a chemical solution on two dissimilar metals
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Ionization detector detects...
Invisible products of combustion
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Total pressure
Combo of static pressure and velocity pressure. Measured by a pilot tube, mans best friend
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Solar refrigeration just...
Uses solar energy to provide cool air
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ABS is used for
Drainage, waste, and vent piping "DWV... It's like the DMV but dirtier and nastier"
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Comfort zone could be measured by a ...
Psychrometric chart
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Coefficient of utilization
How much useful light arrives on the work plane compared to amount of light emitted
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Demand factor
Ratio of max demand to total connected load
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POC
Products of combustion
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UBC
Uniform | Building code
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How do you know the difference between the stack vent and the vent stack?
The stack vent is STACKED high above -- going all the way to the outside air. The vent stacks get the venting to that stack...
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HID lamps involve some heavy duty materials like..
Plasma of mercury and quartz Maybe high pressure or low pressure sodium
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Reflectance
Ratio of reflected to incident light
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Eutectic salts
They help with phase change. They have a funky latent heat capacity because they melt and solidify between 80 and 160 degrees F
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Transducer
Device converting one kind of power to another... Such as a loudspeaker converting electric to acoustic
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A siphon uses
Suction
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Active solar system
Gets a boost from mechanical systems "Get a little help from my friends"
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A contractor
A usually magnetic switch on an electric circuit
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Ion exchange also called
Zeolite process
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The invert
Lowest point on a drain, pipe, channel.... Any liquid-carrying conduit
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A ton
Amount of cooling needed to convert a ton of water to ice in a 24 hr period... 12,000 BTU
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A nipple
Little threaded piece of pipe connecting valves and fittings ... "So that little fittings can suck on their valves"
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Hygrometer
Measures relative humidity of air!!!!
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Halon is for...
A gas for putting out fires
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Riser
Vertical water pipe extending thru at least 1 floor
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Steam trap
Valve that allows water or air to pass.. But not steam.
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Perm
Unit of permeability (or resistance to moisture) equal to the flow of one grain of water theough one square foot of surface area per hr w/pressure difference of one inch of mercury.... Whoa long definition. Let's just get our hair done. Noooooo! It's all wet!
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If you have an auxiliary heat source you are probably utilizing ...
Solar or passive
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Solar plate
Part of the solar collector absorbing
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Smoke developed rating
Rating of interior Finishes. Larger numbers mean more | Smoke.
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Psychrometer measures
Wet bulb + dry bulb ... And therefor relative humidity
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Convector
Heating device utilizing primarily ... CONVECTION!
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Effective temperature involve these three:
Temp, humidity, air moves "Feels like..."
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KVA
Rating for transformers... Product of volts and amperes divided by 1000 "Yo the K is backwards and upside down"
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Hp
Horsepower... Or 746 watts
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Photoelectric detector
Light source and photoelectric cell detect smoke
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Ball drip
Automatic drain valve at base of dry stand pipe "Yo you put out my fire but now your ball is dripping"
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Oakum
Caulk from hemp fiber
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Chill factor
Wind + temp ... Fictitious
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How does a generator work?
Converts mechanical energy to electrical energy by the motion of electrical conductors on a magnetic field
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Spigot
Fits into the bell or hub Faucet
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A condenser ...
Condenses I.e. Liquifies... Releasing heat to an external medium
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Feeder
Set of electrical conductors extending from the source of energy to the distribution center
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Fire assembly refers to
Fire door, damper, window, frame, hardware, the whole shebang approved and rated by a tasting agency
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Circulator
Pump used in hot water systems for maintaining forced circulation of water or liquid
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Sill cock
Outside faucet
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Unit of resistance is the
Ohm Think Gandhi
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A collector collects
Solar radiation
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Power level
Logarithmic expression for acoustical power at the source. Also acoustic power level
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A watt is equal to
3.41 BTU
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Turning vanes
Curved baffles inserted in a duct elbow to decrease pressure low

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