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Electrical Terms
Conductors
Misc. Electrical
Switches and Recepticals
Wiring Knowledge
100
This tells us how much power is being used.
What is a watt?
100
Wire that is actually several wires twisted together.
What is stranded wire?
100
These are machine punched pieces of metal not completely cut loose from the metal box.
What is a knockout?
100
The wire that is not required to be insulated.
What is a ground wire?
100
In 120-volt house wiring, the black wire is always this.
What is hot?
200
A measure of the number of electrons flowing.
What is current?
200
a device for controlling the flow of electrical current in an electric circuit by opening and closing the circuit.
What is a switch?
200
a wire or path provided for electric to flow from the power source.
What is a circuit?
200
When supplying power to a switch and a receptical that is being fed from the same source, this must be used.
What is a pigtail?
200
This has two pairs of traveler terminals and no common terminal.
What is a four way switch?
300
The unit of measurement of electrical resistance.
What is an ohm?
300
The diameter of a wire.
What is gage?
300
This is a type of tubing that is used to enclose and protect electrical wiring.
What is conduit?
300
Never replace an ungrounded receptical with this.
What is a grounded receptical?
300
When connecting the wires on a receptical the neutral wires always connect to this terminal.
What is silver?
400
The unit by which electricity is metered.
What is a kilowatt hour?
400
Wire commonly used in residential housing.
What is non-metallic sheathed cable?
400
On rewiring jobs the surface instullation of these eliminates dealing with in-wall wiring.
What is a raceway?
400
When splitting a receptical, this needs snapped off.
What is a fin?
400
Never throw this until the cause of the trouble has been determined and corrected.
What is a circuit breaker?
500
When given voltage, current, or resistance, using this formula, the unknown factor can be calculated if the other two factors are known.
What is Ohm's Law?
500
Electrical cords all share this characteristic.
What is flexibility?
500
The final responsibility for safe working practices rests with this entity.
What is the worker?
500
GFCI's should always be used in these two rooms.
What are the kitchen and bathroom?
500
When hooking up a single pole switch, this configuration requires black tape on the neutral wire.
What is power to the fixture?