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2008 NEC
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Electrical Engineering
Professional
08/13/2012

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Term

Accessible

(as applied to equipment)

 

Definition
Admitting close approuch: not guarded by locked doors, elevation, or other effective means.
Term
Bonded (Bonding)
Definition
Connected to establish electrical and conductivity.
Term

Accessible

 (as applied to wiring methods)

Definition
Capable of being removed or exposed without damaging the building structure of finish or not permanently closed in by the structure or finish.
Term

Accessible, Readily

(Readily Accessible)

 

Definition

Capable of being reached quickly for operation, renewal, or inspections with out requiring those to whom ready access is requisite to climb over or remove obstacles or to resort to portable ladders, and so forth.

 

Term
Ampacity
Definition
The current, in amperes that a conductor can carry continuously under the conditions of use with out exceeding its temperature rating.
Term
Appliance
Definition
Utilization equipment, generally other then industrial, that is normally built in standardized sizes or types an is installed or concected as a unit to perform one or more functions such as clothes washing , air conditioning , food mixing, deep frying, and so forth.
Term
Aprroved
Definition
Acceptable to the AHJ.
Term
Askarel
Definition
nonflammable synthetic electrical insulation
Term

Attachment Plug

(Plug Cap)

(Plug)

Definition
A device that, by insertion in a receptacle, establishes a connection between the conductors of the attached flexible cord and the conductors connected permantely to the receptacle.
Term

Authority Having Jurisdiction

(AHJ)

Definition
An organization,office,or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equiment,materials,an installation or a procedure.
Term
Automatic
Definition

Self-acting, operating by its own mechanism when actuated by some impersonal infulance.

A none human tells it to turn on.

Term
Bathroom
Definition
An area including a basin with one or more of the following:toilet, tub, shower. 
Term
Bonding Jumper
Definition
A reliable conductor to ensure the required electrical conductivity between metal parts required to be electrically connected.
Term
Bonding jumper,equipment.
Definition
The connection between two or more portions of the equipment grounding conductour.
Term
Bonding Jumper, Main
Definition
The connection between the grounded circuit conductor and the equipment grounding conductor at the service.
Term
Branch Circuit
Definition
The curcuit conductors between the final overcurrent device protecting the curcuit and the outlets
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