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  2. IEC 60038 - Wikipedia

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    Low voltage. 50 to 1,000. 120 to 1,500. Electrical shock. Extra-low voltage. < 50. < 120. Electrical fire. International Standard IEC 60038, IEC standard voltages, defines a set of standard voltages for use in low voltage and high voltage AC and DC electricity supply systems.

  3. Voltage converter - Wikipedia

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    A common use of the voltage converter is for a device that allows appliances made for the mains voltage of one geographical region to operate in an area with different voltage. Such a device may be called a voltage converter, power converter, travel adapter, etc. Most single phase alternating-current electrical outlets in the world supply power ...

  4. Electric power conversion - Wikipedia

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    In electrical engineering, power conversion is the process of converting electric energy from one form to another. A power converter is an electrical device for converting electrical energy between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). It can also change the voltage or frequency of the current. Power Converters can include simpler ...

  5. DC-to-DC converter - Wikipedia

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    Protective relay. v. t. e. A DC-to-DC converter is an electronic circuit or electromechanical device that converts a source of direct current (DC) from one voltage level to another. It is a type of electric power converter. Power levels range from very low (small batteries) to very high (high-voltage power transmission).

  6. List of battery sizes - Wikipedia

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 3LR12(4.5-volt), D, C, AA, AAA, AAAA(1.5-volt), A23(12-volt), PP3(9-volt), CR2032(3-volt), and LR44 (1.5-volt) batteries (Matchstick for reference) This is a list of the sizes, shapes, and general characteristics of some common primary and secondary battery typesin household, automotive and light ...

  7. Voltage - Wikipedia

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    The SI unit of work per unit charge is the joule per coulomb, where 1 volt = 1 joule (of work) per 1 coulomb of charge. [citation needed] The old SI definition for volt used power and current; starting in 1990, the quantum Hall and Josephson effect were used, [10] and in 2019 physical constants were given defined values for the definition of all SI units.

  8. Volt - Wikipedia

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    Historically the "conventional" volt, V 90, defined in 1987 by the 18th General Conference on Weights and Measures [3] and in use from 1990 to 2019, was implemented using the Josephson effect for exact frequency-to-voltage conversion, combined with the caesium frequency standard. Though the Josephson effect is still used to realize a volt, the ...

  9. AC-to-AC converter - Wikipedia

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    An AC-AC converter with approximately sinusoidal input currents and bidirectional power flow can be realized by coupling a pulse-width modulation (PWM) rectifier and a PWM inverter to the DC-link. The DC-link quantity is then impressed by an energy storage element that is common to both stages, which is a capacitor C for the voltage DC-link or ...