Philippine Electrical Code_Definitions_Part 2

The overhead service conductor from the last pole or other aerial support to and including the splices, if any, connecting to the service entrance conductors at the building or other structure.

• Service drop

• Service equipment

• Service lateral

• Service

The necessary equipment, usually consisting of a circuit breaker or switch and fuses, and their accessories, located near the point of entrance of supply conductors to a building.

• Service equipment

• Service drop

• Service lateral

• Service

A combination of elevation rod and brace, or footing placed on upper portions of structures, together with tip or point of used.

• Air terminal

• Fixture

• Fitting

• Receptacle

An integral, separate or self-contained unit which may contain one or more bulbs or fluorescent tubes.

• Fixture

• Air terminal

• Fitting

• Receptacle

An accessory such as a locknut, bushing, or other part of a wiring system that is intended to perform a mechanical rather than an electrical function.

• Fitting

• Fixture

• Receptacle

• Raceway

A contact device installed at the outlet for the connection of a single attachment plug.

• Receptacle

• Fixture

• Fitting

• Bus

An enclosed channel designed expressly for holding wires, cables, or bus bars, with additional functions as permitted in the PEC.

• Raceway

• Fixture

• Fitting

• Busway

That one equipment shall be “_______” of another equipment, one of the equipment specified shall be visible and not more than 15 m distant from the other.

• in sight from

• readily accessible

• exposed

• concealed

Any current in excess of the rated current of equipment or the ampacity of a conductor. It may result from overload, short circuit, or ground fault.

• Overcurrent

• Overload

• Short circuit

• Flashover

Operation of equipment in excess of normal, full load rating, or of a conductor in excess of rated ampacity which, when it persists for a sufficient length of time, would cause damage or dangerous overheating.

• Overload

• Overcurrent

• Short circuit

• Flashover