Metered
Wall Outlet Shapes and Colors
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Acronyms
Pot Luck
100
12 Volts DC
What is the top voltage in a computer?
100
Hot
What is the shorter slot?
100
Meter's Hot probe
What is the red wire?
100
DC
What is direct current?
100
electrons
What is the flow of electricity?
200
120 Volts AC
What is the voltage of a wall outlet?
200
Common
What is the longer slot?
200
Meter's common probe
What is the black wire?
200
AC
What is alternating current?
200
Upset
What is a random failure?
300
200 Volts AC
What do you set the multi-meter on to test a wall outlet?
300
Ground
What is the round slot?
300
Computer's common wire
What is the black wire?
300
ESD
What is electro static discharge?
300
Catastrophic
What is a fried component?
400
20 Volts DC
What do you set the multimeter on to test the voltage in a computer?
400
Silver
What screw secures the common wire?
400
Computrer's red wire
What is 5 Volts DC?
400
EMI
What is electro magnetic interference?
400
24
How many pins on the ATX power source of a motherboard?
500
10%
What is the acceptable margin of error in a meter reading for a computer?
500
Gold
What screw secures the hot wire?
500
Wall outlet's secondary hot wire
What is a red wire?
500
UPS
What is an uninterruptable power supply?
500
resistance setting
What setting can you use to test continuity?