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  • 1. conductor

    a device designed to transmit electricity, heat,etc.

    2. electricalmetallictube

    light gauge steel raceway used to protect wiringfrom physical damage and fire

    3. electricity

    form of energy caused by moving electrons4. filament

    a thin wire inside the glass bulb of a light bulb,which heats up to glow and provide light

    5. fluorescentlamp

    lamp consisting of a tube coated on the insidewith a fluorescent material

    6. generator

    engine that converts mechanical energy intoelectrical energy by electromagnetic induction

    7. grounding

    fastening electrical equipment to earth8. insulator

    a material that does not allow heat or electrons tomove through it easily

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  • 9. lightemittingdiode(LED)

    A diode that will produce light when currentflows through it.

    10. magnetism

    A property of some materials in which there is aforce of repulsion or attraction between certain

    like and unlike poles11. nonmetallic

    sheathed

    Two or more insulated wires and a bare groundwire clad in a plastic covering..

    12. powersupply

    a source of electricity for a device, whichconverts, regulates, and transmits the external

    power for the device

    13. sump

    a low point for draining

    electricity


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