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Electrical Terms Test

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Romex
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Circuit Breakers
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Fuses
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E.M.T.
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Grounded
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Fixture
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Alternating Current (AC)
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Type U.F. Cable
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Inverter
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Junction Box
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Grounded Conductor
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Wirenut
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Code Corrections
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Duplex Receptacle
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GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter)
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Direct Current (DC)
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Switches
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Outlet
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Watt
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An inverter takes DC power from a 12-volt battery and converts it to household AC power.
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connections blow apart and break the circuit if an overload or short occurs.
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Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
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Circuit interruption devices used to control the flow of electricity to lights, appliances, and outlets.
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A system or circuit conductor that is intentionally grounded.
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Electrical Metallic Tubing
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The unit of measurement for electrical resistance. R=E/I.
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A point on a wiring system at which current is taken to supply electrical devices. A receptacle is placed in an outlet.
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Devices installed in the service panel of a home to limit the flow of electricity through a circuit.
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A device used to connect spliced wires together.
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Procedure designed to eliminate wiring conditions that do not meet National Electrical Code requirements and safety conditions.
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Plastic coated cable. Has a soft flexible jacket. Used mainly for indoor wiring in residential buildings.
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A unit that measures the amount of electrical power.
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Any permanently connected light or other electrical device that consumes power.
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Electricity where the electrons flow in two directions
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This is wired into an outlet box. And will allow you to plug in electrical devices.
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This type of cable is used mostly for direct burial in the earth. This is a branch circuit cable that also can be used for outside wiring.
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A metal or plastic box used to enclose splice connections.
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Flows in the same direction. (batteries)
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A device whose function is to break the electrical circuit to the load when there is a fault current to ground.
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A unit of measurement for electrical current flow
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A low voltage electronic switching device that monitors temperatures inside the home and turns on and off the heating or cooling system in the home.
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A short duration high voltage condition. May last for several cycles.
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The circuit conductors between the final overcurrent device protecting the circuit and the outlets.
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A short, added piece of wire connected by a wire nut. Commonly used to extend or connect wires in a box.
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A distribution network of wire that conducts electricity to receptacles, switches and appliances throughout a building/home to provide electricity where needed.
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The connection of two or more points to reduce any difference of potential
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Three separate outputs from a single source with a phase differential of 120 electrical degrees between any two adjacent voltages or currents.
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Power sources located throughout a building to provide electricity where needed.
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A conductor used to connect equipment or the grounding circuit of a wiring system to a grounding electrode or electrodes.

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