Electricity

Electricity

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

Industry: Utilities

Add a new term

Contributors in Electricity

Become a Contributors

Electricity

Voltage transformer ratio

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The ratio of primary volts divided by secondary volts

A transient (sometimes called impulse) is an extremely fast disturbance (millionths of a second to a few milliseconds) evidenced by a sharp change in voltage. Transients can occur on your electric, ...

Voltage withstand test

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A field or factory test in which a conductor or electrical equipment is subjected to a higher than normal AC or DC voltage to test its insulation system.

Virtual private network (VPN)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

VPN stands for virtual private network, which is a private network of computers that is partially connected by public phone lines.

VR cable

Electrical equipment; Electricity

AAC or ACSR with Vibration Resistant Twisted Pair Construction.

Wide-area network (WAN)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

WAN stands for wide-area network, which is composed of two or more local-area networks (LANs). They can be made up of interconnected smaller networks spread throughout a building, a state, or the ...

Watt

Electrical equipment; Electricity

With ac measurements, effective power (measured in watts) equals the product of voltage, current, and power factor (the cosine of the phase angle between the current and the voltage).