Electricity

Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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opening time

Electrical equipment; Electricity

For a CB the time between energizing of the trip coil and the instant of contact parting. With a relay the operating time is defined as the time which elapses between the application of a ...

operating current

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The current used by a lamp and ballast combination during normal operation.

operating current (of a relay)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The current at which a relay will pick up.

operating time characteristic

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The curve depicting the relationship between different values of the characteristic quantity applied to a relay and the corresponding values of operating time.

operating value

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The limiting value of the characteristic quantity at which the relay actually operates.

machine tool wire (MTW)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Used for electrical connections inside equipment.

multi-crystalline (photovoltaic)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A material that is solidified at such a rate that many small crystals (crystallites) form. The atoms within a single crystallite are symmetrically arranged, whereas the crystallites are jumbled ...