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  2. Tip and ring - Wikipedia

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    The nominal battery (system) voltage is 52.1 V, based on a 24-cell lead-acid battery. [1] The voltage at a subscriber's network interface is typically 48 V between the ring and tip wires, with tip near ground (slightly negative relative to ground) and ring at −48 V relative to tip.

  3. Stand-alone power system - Wikipedia

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    In stand-alone photovoltaic power systems, the electrical energy produced by the photovoltaic panels cannot always be used directly. As the demand from the load does not always equal the solar panel capacity, battery banks are generally used. The primary functions of a storage battery in a stand-alone PV system are:

  4. Battery terminal - Wikipedia

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    General Motors, and other automobile manufacturers, have also begun using side-post battery terminals, which consist of two recessed female 3/8" threads (SAE 3/8-16) into which bolts or various battery terminal adapters are to be attached. These side posts are of the same size and do not prevent incorrect polarity connections.

  5. Battery room - Wikipedia

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    Telephone system central offices contain large battery systems to provide power for customer telephones, telephone switches, and related apparatus. [2] Terrestrial microwave links, cellular telephone sites, fibre optic apparatus and satellite communications facilities also have standby battery systems, which may be large enough to occupy a separate room in the building.

  6. Common battery - Wikipedia

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    A common battery is usually a string of electrolytic cells and is usually centrally located to the equipment that it serves. In many telecommunications applications, the common battery is at a nominal −48 VDC. A central office common battery in the battery room supplies power to operate all directly connected instruments.

  7. Ground start - Wikipedia

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    The central office senses this condition and grounds the tip lead. When the PBX senses this, it goes off-hook, then removes the ground on ring. The central office sends dial tone and the rest of the call proceeds normally. In ground-start signaling, the central office initiates a call by grounding tip and putting the ringing signal on the line ...

  8. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    Typical POST screen (AMI BIOS) Typical UEFI-compliant BIOS POST screen (Phoenix Technologies BIOS) Summary screen after POST and before booting an operating system (AMI BIOS) A power-on self-test ( POST ) is a process performed by firmware or software routines immediately after a computer or other digital electronic device is powered on.

  9. Remote work - Wikipedia

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    Remote work (also called telecommuting, telework, work from or at home, WFH as an initialism, hybrid work, and other terms) is the practice of working at or from one's home or another space rather than from an office or workplace. Working at home is not a new practice, but "remote working" for office activity began on a small scale in the 1970s ...