Electricity

Electricity

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

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Constant current charge

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Charging technique where the output current of the charge source is held constant.

Constant potential charge

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Charging technique where the output voltage of the charge source is held constant and the current is limited only by the resistance of the battery.

Continuity test

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A test performed on a conductor to determine if it is unbroken throughout its length

Continuous load

Electrical equipment; Electricity

An electrical load in which the maximum current is expected to continue for three hours or more

Continuous rating

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The constant voltage or current that a device is capable of sustaining. This is a design parameter of the device.

Split phase

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A split phase electric distribution system is a 3-wire single-phase distribution system, commonly used in North America for single-family residential and light commercial (up to about 100 kVA) ...

A wireless communications technology that scatters data transmissions across the available frequency band in pseudorandom pattern. Spreading the data across the frequency spectrum greatly increases ...