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Electricity
A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.
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Blackout
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The complete interrupting of load to an electric utility customer or group of customers to reduce overall load on the system.
Blowing
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The act of installing fibre optic cable into a duct using air pressure.
Open-circuit voltage (battery)
Electrical equipment; Electricity
The voltage of a cell or battery when it is not delivering or receiving power.
Opening time
Electrical equipment; Electricity
For a CB the time between energising 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.
