Utilities

Utilities

Of or related to any publicy utility institution mandated with maintaining the infrastructure for a particular public service; such as the provision of water, gas and electricity.

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bus

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A conductor, which may be a solid bar or pipe, normally made of aluminum or copper, used to connect one or more circuits to a common interface. An example would be the bus used to ...

bushing

Electrical equipment; Electricity

An insulator having a conductor through it, used to connect equipment to a power source.

c-rate

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Battery discharge current in amperes; numerically equal to rated capacity of a cell in ampere-hours.

cable

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A term generally applied to the larger sizes of bare or weatherproofed (covered) and insulated conductors. It is also applied to describe a number of insulated conductors twisted ...

cable cleaner

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A chemical compound used to clean dirt, residual insulation & semi con and other foreign material from an insulated cable during the termination process.