Electricity 1
Insulator
What is a material that allows electric current to flow?
DC
What is a direct current?
Amp
What is the measure of electric strength?
Volt
What is the unit of electric pressure?
Produces light, heat, chemical and magnetic changes
What is electricity?
1000 kilowatt
What is equal to 1000 watts?
Conductor
What is a material that allows electricity to flow thru it?
Watt
What is the measure of how much electrical energy is being used?
1 amphere equals
what is 1000 milliamperes?
Series wiring
What is all loads must run at the same time, circuit travels from one load to the next?
AC
What is an alternating current?
Load
Technical name of any electrically powered appliance?
Ohm
What is the unit of electric resistance?
PASS
What is to pull pin, aim hose, squeeze handle and spray?
Produces an alternating current
What is a generator?
Tells frequency, volts, watts, may have UL designated
What is an appliance nameplate?
Blow dryer uses how many watts per second
What is 1000 watts?
Overload
What is when more current flows than the line is designed to carry?
Cord safety
What is keeping the cord free from kinks?
Installed in areas where water is found
What is GFCI?
Inverter
What changes DC to AC?
Rectifier
What changes AC to DC?
Closed circuit
What is when an appliance is turned on?
UL
A flow of tiny, negatively charged particles
What is an electron (s)?