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#10700 10/20/06 02:52 AM
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A few New Zealand ones which just come to mind.
Most are the same as for the UK which Pauluk already described before,
but here are a few local Auckland ones

MEN = Multiple Earthed Neutral.
Pilots = control wires for street lights and hotwater circuits.
Tail and Charley = the way strings of relays and contactors are wired up in the POCO system.
MDI = Maximum Demand Indicator.
Screwing the relay = a way of holding a relay or contactor in with a square headed screw.
Grants Hot Box a box with various MCB's ( 6, 10, 16, 20 and 32 Amps ) in it to test overhead streetlight circuits. [Linked Image]

Cheers Raymond RODALCO


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#10701 10/20/06 03:24 AM
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The new installation tool sold by Greenlee is called a "flush setter"

around here they are called block sets,
as in ......cinder block...


Tom
#10702 10/20/06 09:53 AM
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How come I don't see BUG?
We all use this term to refer to the split-bolt connector a.k.a as a Burndy or a Kearney, after the manufacturers East or West.

How about EMPTY (em-t) for EMT?

Greenfield or flex for FMC?

Sealtight for LFMT

OR, SMURF tube for ENT? (for the color of blue it comes in, matches the cartoon critters from the 70s)


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#10703 10/21/06 12:53 AM
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Some off the top of my head are:
Goof Plate - oversized receptacle/switch plates
Stat - Thermostat
Lube - Wire-pulling lubricant
Ring it out - Check for continuity
Fart Fan - bathroom exhaust fan




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#10704 10/21/06 08:30 AM
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My college professor always said the more buzzwords in a profession the more money you'll make in it.

AJ --Ackerman Johnson (lead anchor)
Bucket -- A draw out motor starter in a MCC
MCC Motor control center
VFD/ASD --variable frequency drive/adjustable speed drive
Smurf tube --blue electrical nonmetallic conduit
Hickey -- rigid (not one-shot) hand bender
452 --Red wirenut
451 --Yellow wirenut
Wirenut -- wire connector
Buchannon --wire connector
Whip --flex to light fixture or other end use device
minny --mineralac type of pipe hanger
doogle switch --two switches built into a 1 gang switch
gutter --wireway
bait bucket --lunch bucket
i hear a man calling his dog -- i gotta go to the bathroom
wiggy -- SW D wigens voltmeter (still made but not sure why)


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#10705 10/21/06 09:27 AM
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"clamp" - measure the current
"drop the load" - power outage

#10706 10/22/06 11:46 PM
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Let's see what did I hear recently.

"Tong" something or "Put the tongs on" is to check current with your clamp-on meter.

"Camel poo" = Ductseal



A.D

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#10707 11/08/06 04:55 PM
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What is meant by the term "Brown out" ? Used in an earlier thread


der Großvater
#10708 11/08/06 07:00 PM
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Brown out? Is that not what happens within an hour of eating off the "roach coach"? [Linked Image]
Sorry, had to say it!

Brown out Is a reduction in voltage, usually by the PoCo during an extremely high demand in order to reduce the load.

OR:

It could also include ( I think don't quote me) when the demand on the PoCo is so high the supplied voltage actually starts to drop close to or past the allowed minimum voltage level required to be supplied by the PoCo.

A.D

#10709 11/08/06 08:49 PM
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Left hand rule: Rule stating that when preparing to close a breaker, disco, or bucket, stand to the left the equipment, using your left hand to operate the switch. That way if something goes terribly wrong, say and arc flash or explosion..you will only sustian injuries to your left hand.

Also the term chico, referring to the putty used in sealoffs. [Linked Image]


Luke Clarke
Electrical Planner for TVA.

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