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  2. Firearm malfunction - Wikipedia

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    A light primer strike will result in a dead trigger and the gun will not cycle. This malfunction is not to be mistaken with a squib load which the gunpowder is ignited and the bullet fires, but is trapped in the barrel of a gun. A light primer strike will not have expanding gases as a squib load would produce as sign that there is one.

  3. Misfire - Wikipedia

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    An engine misfire, see engine knocking; A song on Queen's album Sheer Heart Attack; A malfunctioned cartridge that fails to discharge at all , doesn't discharge promptly , or only partially discharges when being shot from a firearm. A muzzleloader that does not fire when the trigger is squeezed.

  4. Ignition coil - Wikipedia

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    An ignition coil is used in the ignition system of a spark-ignition engine to transform the battery voltage to the much higher voltages required to operate the spark plug(s). The spark plugs then use this burst of high-voltage electricity to ignite the air-fuel mixture. The ignition coil is constructed of two sets of coils wound around an iron ...

  5. Emergency light - Wikipedia

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    An emergency light is a battery-backed lighting device that switches on automatically when a building experiences a power outage. In the United States, emergency lights are standard in new commercial and high occupancy residential buildings, such as college dormitories , apartments , and hotels .

  6. Backup battery - Wikipedia

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    A valve-regulated lead-acid battery is a battery type that is popular in telecommunications network environments as a reliable backup power source. VRLA batteries are used in the outside plant at locations such as Controlled Environmental Vaults (CEVs), Electronic Equipment Enclosures (EEEs), and huts, and in uncontrolled structures such as ...

  7. Trionic T5.5 - Wikipedia

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    The cassette is electrically supplied with battery voltage from the main relay (B+) and is grounded in an earth point. When the main relay is activated the battery voltage is reformed to 400 V DC which is stored in a capacitor. 400 V voltage is connected to one of the poles of the primary coil in the four spark coils.

  8. 2013 Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounding - Wikipedia

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    The heavily burned battery from JA829J after it suffered thermal runaway The aft electronics bay that held the battery that caught fire The grounded Japan Airlines 787 at Boston Logan Airport In 2013, the second year of service for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner , a widebody jet airliner , several of the aircraft suffered from electrical system ...

  9. DIN 72552 - Wikipedia

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    as 51, with choke coil 59 AC out, rectifier in, light switch 51, 51-, 51a 59a charge, rotor out 59 64 generator control light Generator, voltage regulator; 61 charge indicator (charge control light) B+ battery + 51, 51B+, B+30, B+51 B- battery - 31B- D+ dynamo/alternator diode+ D- dynamo/alternator diode- DF dynamo field DF1 dynamo field 1 DF2