enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Electrical wiring in North America - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_wiring_in_North...

    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. BS 7671 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_7671

    for AC having a supply frequency of 50, 60 or 400Hz, though the use of other frequencies for special purposes is not excluded. This includes low-voltage installations, as found in most domestic and commercial properties, and extra-low-voltage systems, but excludes high voltage , as found in generation, transmission and distribution networks.

  4. Portable appliance testing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_appliance_testing

    3.2 Fixed wiring in buildings. 4 Origins in UK. ... 12V maximum, test current range 100mA to 200mA - commonly known as "earth continuity test" or "screen test"

  5. Mains electricity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity

    The voltage and frequency of electric power differs between regions. In much of the world, a voltage (nominally) of 230 volts and frequency of 50 Hz is used. In North America, the most common combination is 120 V and a frequency of 60 Hz. Other combinations exist, for example, 230 V at 60 Hz.

  6. Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_wiring_in_the...

    In fixed wiring, the blue/brown scheme is only found in newer (post-2004) installations, and the old IEE red/black scheme is likely to be encountered in existing installations for many more decades. Earlier in the 20th century, green and blue were used as a neutral alongside black, which became the only neutral colour from 1943.

  7. Continuity test - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_test

    In electronics, a continuity test is the checking of an electric circuit to see if current flows (that it is in fact a complete circuit). A continuity test is performed by placing a small voltage (wired in series with an LED or noise-producing component such as a piezoelectric speaker ) across the chosen path.

  8. Impedance analyzer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impedance_analyzer

    Impedance analyzers typically offer highly accurate impedance measurements, e.g. with a basic accuracy of up to 0.05%, [2] and a frequency measurement range from μHz to GHz. Impedance values can range over many decades from μΩ to TΩ, whereas the phase angle accuracy is in the range of 10 millidegree.

  9. Synchronization (alternating current) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization...

    The source (generator or sub-network) must have equal root-mean-square voltage, frequency, phase sequence, phase angle, and waveform to that of the system to which it is being synchronized. [1] Waveform and phase sequence are fixed by the construction of the generator and its connections to the system.