Electrical Terms
What electrical term is abbreviated as AC?
Alternating Current
Commonly used modalities in beauty and wellness are Tesla high-frequency current, microcurrent, and ____?
Galvanic
Microcurrent
____ are substances that speed up chemical reactions?
Catalyst
(Monomer to solidify nails in acrylic, UV light for hardening nails)
What apparatus changes alternating current AC to direct current DC?
Rectifier
All electrical appliances used in the salon, spa, or barbershop should be ____certified.
UL (Underwriters Laboratory)
Treatment by means of light rays is called light ____?
Therapy
What is grounding?
Completes an electric current and carries the current safely away
The term used for measuring the strength of an electric current
Ampere
The different types of currents used in facial and scalp treatments are called?
Modalities
The distance between two successive peaks of electromagnetic waves is called ___?
Wavelength
True or false: All appliances have at least 2 prong currents
True
The term used for measuring the resistance of an electric current
Ohm
If you drop an electrical appliance in water, you should ___?
NEVER use it again!!!
Thirty-five percent of natural sunlight is made up of __?
Visible light
Interrupting
The term used for measuring how much electric energy is being used in one second is?
Watt
2 types of currents
galvanic current, microcurrent, Tesla High-Frequency current.
UVB is often called the burning light because it is most associated with ___?
Sunburns