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IEC's Quality Assessment (IECQ)

Electronic components; Switches

A quality assessment system for eectronic components which was created in 1983 to facilitate national and international trade in certified electronic components. It's a worldwide certification system ...

Inductive load

Electronic components; Switches

A load in which the initial current on making (closing) of the contacts is lower than steady state and rises slowly. On breaking (opening) of the contacts, the current is greater than steady state. ...

Insert mould

Electronic components; Switches

In switches and relays used to refer to terminations that are placed in the mould so that plastic is moulded around the terminations. The chief benefit is an inherent seal against the intrusion of ...

International Protection (IP)

Electronic components; Switches

An industrial specification (Part of the IEC529 standard) used worldwide to indicate the degree of protection provided by components against accidental contact, penetration of solids or liquids into ...

Heat rise

Electronic components; Switches

An indirect measurement of contact resistance used by rating agencies. The temperature rise over ambient of a contact set carrying a prescribed current is measured to determine whether it falls ...

Inrush

Electronic components; Switches

The initial transitory high-level of current at contact closing (making). A characteristic of capacitive and some resistive loads. The inrush currents can be large and long enough to cause severe ...