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Electric Heater Terms
– The
meter-kilogram-second unit of electric current that is equivalent to the
steady current produced by one volt applied across a resistance of one
ohm.
– Used
for measuring a quantity of heat. One BTU is the quantity of heat necessary
to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1°F.
– The metric temperature
scale in which water freezes at zero degrees and boils at 100 degrees,
designated by the symbol "C".
– An electrical device
providing a trail for electrical current to flow.
– An enclosure in which
air is moved that is primarily constructed from sheet metal.
– The heat scale
on which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees, abbreviated
by the letter F.
– A device that creates
currents of air, sometimes built in electric heaters to push air out from
the unit.
– Any coiled element
that serves as the source of heat.
– The component
of the heater which is responsible for conducting the heat.
– In alternating current
(AC electricity), the number of cycles per second, denoted hz.
– Jean Peltier
in 1834, discovered that passing an electric current through the junction
of two different conductors cools or heats the junction depending on the
direction of the current. The modern Peltier modules are made out of semiconductor
material, and are used in thermoelectric devices.
- The distribution of
energy by electromagnetic waves, of a generally long wave-length.
– Any device that reacts
to a change in the environment being measured, by signaling of the change
via audible or visual means.
– A measurement of heat
equal to 100,000 btu.
– Measures the
difference in potential created at the junction of two different metal
wires, which feed from the measuring instrument. (http://www.thermocouple-assemblies.com)
– An automated device
for controlling temperature.
– A power semiconductor
device with three terminals called the gate, cathode and anode. Its state
becomes conductive (ON) or blocking (OFF) depending on the behavior of
these terminals.
– The difference of possibility
between two points in a conducting wire with a constant current of one
ampere.
– The meter-kilogram-second
unit of power equal to the power produced by a current of one ampere across
a potential difference of one volt, 1/746 horsepower.
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