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Arcing horns — are a pair of conductors (usually steel) used to protect insulators or insulator strings from damage due to system overvoltage conditions. Location Arcing horns can be found on transformer bushing insulators, overhead line insulators etc.… … Wikipedia
Electrical breakdown — in an electric discharge showing the ribbon like plasma filaments from a Tesla coil. The term electrical breakdown or electric breakdown has several similar but distinctly different meanings. For example, the term can apply to the failure of an… … Wikipedia
Electrical discharge machining — An electrical discharge machine Electric discharge machining (EDM), sometimes colloquially also referred to as spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking or wire erosion,[1] is a manufacturing process whereby a desired shape is obtained … Wikipedia
Electrical wire interconnection system — EWIS, or Electrical Wire Interconnection Systems, refers to the wiring system and components (such and bundle clamps, wire splices, etc.) for a complex system. The term originated in the aviation industry but was originally part EIS, or… … Wikipedia
electrical arcing — Band of sparks formed when an electrical discharge from a conductor jumps to another conductor … Dictionary of automotive terms
arcing — n. forming or resembling an arch É‘Ëk n. curve, part of a circle v. follow an arc shaped course; form an electrical arc … English contemporary dictionary
Insulator (electrical) — Ceramic insulator at railways Conducting copper wire insulate … Wikipedia
National Electrical Code — The National Electrical Code, 2008 edition The National Electrical Code (NEC), or NFPA 70, is a regionally adoptable standard for the safe installation of electrical wiring and equipment. The NEC, while having no legally binding regulation as… … Wikipedia
Seismic retrofit — Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes. Other retrofit techniques are applicable to areas subject to tropical cyclones,… … Wikipedia
Arc-fault circuit interrupter — An arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) is a circuit breaker designed to prevent fires by detecting non working electrical arcs and disconnect power before the arc starts a fire. The AFCI should distinguish between a working arc that may occur in … Wikipedia
