Electrical systems| The relatively new home, or the one with an updated electrical system, will allow for safe and reliable use of the latest electric "toys". But, houses built under older codes often suffer from outdated electrical systems not designed for...
Electric appliances| The electrical system that will accommodate most of today's electric appliances is usually characterized by the following: A single, 125 amp or larger electrical panel with circuit breakers. A label on the inside of the panel will indicate...
Electric accessories| Bathroom accessories; i.e., electric toothbrush, hair dryer, electric shaver: Use a circuit protected with a Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI). Note: Most standard bathroom circuits are designed for hair dryers using no more than 1000 watts. Check the label on your hair dryer, it may be too strong for...
The country's electric current| Televisions, many radios, video and DVD players, as well as videotapes, are often specific to the broadcast system used in the country that they are sold in, usually associated with the frequency of the country's electric current. For example, North America is 60 Hz and its television is 30 frames per second, while...
Unstable supply| A device that lets you insert a plug into a different socket is an adapter: these are small, cheap, safe and pretty much unbreakable. For example, between England and Germany, you need only an adapter. You stick your British plug in the adapter, which connects the rectangular phase and...
Microelectromechanical systems| Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is the technology of the very small, and merges at the nano-scale into nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and Nanotechnology. MEMS are also referred to as micromachines (in Japan), or Micro Systems Technology - MST (in Europe). MEMS are separate and distinct from...
Electrical power system| The EPS consists of three subsystems: power reactant storage and distribution, fuel cell power plants (electrical power generation) and electrical power distribution and control. The PRSD subsystem stores the reactants (cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen) and...
Electrical power distribution and control| The EPDC subsystem distributes 28-volt dc electrical power and generates and distributes 115-volt, three-phase, 400-hertz ac electrical power to all of the space shuttle systems' electrical equipment throughout all mission phases. The EPDC subsystem consists of a three-bus system that distributes electrical power to...
Wiring Devices| Cooper Wiring Devices today announced its exciting new ASPIRE RF™ Wireless Control System that combines the elegance of sophisticated design with the innovation of intelligent wireless technology, to give homeowners new levels of comfort, control and style inside and...
Wheeling Power| The first sector of the electric utility industry to be deregulated was the network of high-voltage transmission wires, which were designed to make bulk power transfers, over relatively short distances, from large power-generating plants to the cities and towns where...
