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Does anyone know what "RS" and "FS" mean as far as saying "RS box" or "FS cover" etc? Someone told me it stood for "flush-" or "raised-surface" but that doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. 11B box - 4X11/16" box Hot stick - Non-contact voltage sensor Red eye - Anti-short bushing Fluoresent tube bender - What you tell someone to go find if you want them out of your hair for a while. I know most people use these two interchangably, but how I had it explained: BX - Not manufactured anymore; an old style cable assembly with a steel jacket, no EGC and conductors insulated with varnished cambric. AC - Todays armored cable with THHN insulated conductors, bonding wire, and aluminum or steel jacket. -John [This message has been edited by BigJohn (edited 04-10-2005).]
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I'm pretty sure that RS in "RS cover" stands for russell-stoll who was an old-time electrical manufacturer.They're still around today too.
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SMIDGEN: how much too short the wire you need to connect is
GUTFULL: How much rubbish you tolerate before calling it a day.
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***FYI***We have a compiled list of commonly used terms, abbreviations and Acronyms used here at ECN. It is located in the Technical Reference Section under the Topic: ECN Glossary Click the above link to view it. It may also be embedded to this thread. Scott35 linked page - in bland text: https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/Forum15/HTML/000089.html
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Can a "Can" be a meter "Can", a recessed lighting "Can", a former employee (ie, I had to "Can" him), or a place you go to read the newspaper? (ie, can I to go to the "Can")
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COWBOY (UK) - a hack, does lousy work, pays no tax & charges a lot, a person who plugs (!) you and disappears into the sunset, with your money, never to be seen again...
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"Fluoresent tube bender - What you tell someone to go find if you want them out of your hair for a while. " Was that intended as advice??? Scott35: Please tell me you didn't hand type even half of those! My hands hurt looking at all of those letters. "Can a "Can" be a meter "Can", a recessed lighting "Can", a former employee (ie, I had to "Can" him), or a place you go to read the newspaper? (ie, can I to go to the "Can")" I think it can be any of those! [This message has been edited by Theelectrikid (edited 04-23-2005).]
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Theelectrikid, Scott35: Please tell me you didn't hand type even half of those! My hands hurt looking at all of those letters.
Yep, typed it all!!! Naw, I pasted most of the text from members' submissions via E-mail - but it took some time to compile the list logistically, and that wasn't a copy/paste task (text editor task big time!) "Fluoresent tube bender - What you tell someone to go find if you want them out of your hair for a while. " Was that intended as advice???
Some time ago (back in the day - 1980s) a person asked me what a Fluorescent Tube Bender looked like. So I went to my Van, grabbed a ¾" Hickey, brought it back to the guy and said (with a sarcastic tone) "Would This Be One???" Never got an answer to that one, so I (in my smart-alec state of mind) asked which of these three is an approved wire stretching device: <OL TYPE=1> [*] Heavy Duty Pickup Truck, [*] Scissor Lift, [*] 20 Mule Team </OL> After that we got along great - and became good friends! Scott35 [This message has been edited by electure (edited 10-21-2006).]
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BX stands for biaxial cable, and yes it is different from AC (armored cable).
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