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  2. Electrical wiring in North America - Wikipedia

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    In both those instances the white wire should be identified as being hot, usually with black tape inside junction boxes. The neutral wire is identified by gray or white insulated wire, perhaps using stripes or markings. With lamp cord wire the ribbed wire is the neutral, and the smooth wire is the hot. NEC 2008 400.22(f) allows surface marking ...

  3. File:Active Indirect Water Heater Diagram.svg - Wikipedia

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    Active Indirect Water Heater Diagram.svg. English: Active indirect water heater. 1: Municipal water feed. 2: Fluid from water storage tank to external (passive) heat source; passive heat source can be the ground (soil or groundwater), sun or air; eg via heat pump, or thermodynamic solar panel. 3: Fluid from heat pump, or thermodynamic solar ...

  4. Split-phase electric power - Wikipedia

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    A split-phase or single-phase three-wire system is a type of single-phase electric power distribution. It is the alternating current (AC) equivalent of the original Edison Machine Works three-wire direct-current system. Its primary advantage is that, for a given capacity of a distribution system, it saves conductor material over a single-ended ...

  5. Electric power distribution - Wikipedia

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    Electric power distribution is the final stage in the delivery of electricity. Electricity is carried from the transmission system to individual consumers. Distribution substations connect to the transmission system and lower the transmission voltage to medium voltage ranging between 2 kV and 33 kV with the use of transformers. [ 1 ]Primary ...

  6. Solar water heating - Wikipedia

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    The tested SWH system had about 20% of the impact of an electrical water heater and half that of a gas water heater. [ 50 ] Analysing their lower impact retrofit freeze-tolerant solar water heating system, Allen et al. (qv) reported a production CO 2 impact of 337 kg, which is around half the environmental impact reported in the Ardente et al ...

  7. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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    AC power plugs and sockets connect devices to mains electricity to supply them with electrical power. A plug is the connector attached to an electrically-operated device, often via a cable. A socket (also known as a receptacle or outlet) is fixed in place, often on the internal walls of buildings, and is connected to an AC electrical circuit.

  8. Knob-and-tube wiring - Wikipedia

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    e. Knob-and-tube wiring (sometimes abbreviated K&T) is an early standardized method of electrical wiring in buildings, in common use in North America from about 1880 to the 1930s. [1][2] It consisted of single-insulated copper conductors run within wall or ceiling cavities, passing through joist and stud drill-holes via protective porcelain ...

  9. High-leg delta - Wikipedia

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    High-leg delta. High-leg delta (also known as wild-leg, stinger leg, bastard leg, high-leg, orange-leg, red-leg, dog-leg delta) is a type of electrical service connection for three-phase electric power installations. It is used when both single and three-phase power is desired to be supplied from a three phase transformer (or transformer bank).