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  2. First fix and second fix - Wikipedia

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    First fix and second fix are terms used in the UK and Irish housebuilding and commercial building construction industry.. First fix comprises all the work needed to take a building from foundation to putting plaster on the internal walls.

  3. Cooktop - Wikipedia

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    An electric plate cooktop. A cooktop (American English), stovetop (Canadian and American English) or hob (British English), is a device commonly used for cooking that is commonly found in kitchens and used to apply heat to the base of pans or pots. Cooktops are often found integrated with an oven into a kitchen stove but may also be standalone ...

  4. Electrical equipment in hazardous areas - Wikipedia

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    Unlike ATEX which uses numbers to define the safety "Category" of equipment (namely 1, 2, and 3), the IEC continued to utilise the method used for defining the safe levels of intrinsic safety namely "a" for zone 0, "b" for zone 1 and "c" for zone 2 and apply this Equipment Level of Protection to all equipment for use in hazardous areas since ...

  5. Electric stove - Wikipedia

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    Ahearn and Warren Y. Soper were owners of Ottawa's Chaudiere Electric Light and Power Company. [4] The electric stove was showcased at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, where an electrified model kitchen was shown. Unlike the gas stove, the electrical stove was slow to catch on, partly due to the unfamiliar technology, and the need for cities ...

  6. Induction cooking - Wikipedia

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    The pan is insulated by the cooking surface, and voltages generated in the pan are far too low to represent a shock hazard. The cooktop can detect whether cookware is present by monitoring power delivered. As with other electric ceramic cooking surfaces, a maximum pan size may be specified by the manufacturer, and a minimum size is also stated.

  7. Flame supervision device - Wikipedia

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    One type of these are the Vitiation Sensing Devices, [4] that detect an adequate supply of oxygen for efficient combustion, thus avoiding the production of poisonous carbon monoxide. As well as detecting a blocked supply of oxygen, these must also detect a blocked exhaust or reversed flow in the exhaust flue owing to wind conditions.

  8. Kitchen hood - Wikipedia

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    Ducted kitchen hoods are the most common and a primary type of kitchen hood. As the name suggests, a ducted kitchen hood has a duct that is used to process and expel any smoke that is generated on top of the kitchen hob. Large sized duct hoods are widely used not just in homes but also in commercial restaurants and communal kitchens too.

  9. Engineering fit - Wikipedia

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    Engineering fits are generally used as part of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing when a part or assembly is designed. In engineering terms, the "fit" is the clearance between two mating parts, and the size of this clearance determines whether the parts can, at one end of the spectrum, move or rotate independently from each other or, at the other end, are temporarily or permanently joined.