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#10680 04/10/05 08:12 PM
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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. [Linked Image]

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).]

#10681 04/10/05 10:30 PM
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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.

[This message has been edited by andyp95 (edited 04-10-2005).]

#10682 04/11/05 03:22 AM
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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.

[This message has been edited by electure (edited 10-21-2006).]

#10683 04/12/05 01:18 AM
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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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#10684 04/12/05 09:10 AM
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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")

Blessings, Mark

#10685 04/12/05 09:48 AM
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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...


Wood work but can't!
#10686 04/23/05 11:30 PM
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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. [Linked Image]" 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! [Linked Image]

[This message has been edited by Theelectrikid (edited 04-23-2005).]


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#10687 04/25/05 12:00 AM
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Theelectrikid,

Quote

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!!! [Linked Image]

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!)

Quote

"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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#10689 10/31/05 09:18 PM
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BX stands for biaxial cable, and yes it is different from AC (armored cable).

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