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Electricity
A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.
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photovoltaic module
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The smallest environmentally protected, essentially planar assembly of solar cells and ancillary parts, such as interconnections, terminals and protective devices such as diodes intended to generate ...
photovoltaic panel
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Often used interchangeably with Photovoltaic Module. Especially in one-module systems , but more accurately used to refer to a physically connected collection of modules (i.e., a laminate string of ...
photovoltaic stand-alone system
Electrical equipment; Electricity
An autonomous or hybrid photovoltaic system not connected to a grid. The system may or may not have storage but most have require a battery.
transformer voltage regulators
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Mechanisms that use multiple voltage taps on a transformer-like device to adjust voltage on a power line. As the voltage increases or decreases on the circuit, sensors in the voltage regulator call ...
transmission system
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Normally, the highest voltage network of an electric utility system. This is the portion of the system that carries high power over the longest distances. Typically operating at voltages in excess of ...
tree wire
Electrical equipment; Electricity
A type of Overhead Distribution Wire that is insulated for momentary contact with tree branches and used as a primary voltage conductor.
treeing
Electrical equipment; Electricity
Water treeing is a form of cable insulation degradation where micochannels, that often appear as a tree-like structure in the insulation, develop due to a complex interaction of water, electrical ...
