Electrical Definitions

The maximum amount of current a conductor can carry continuously without exceeding its temperature rating

• Amperage

• Current

the amount of electrical pressure in a circuit

• EMF

• Voltage

The opposition to the flow of electrons (DC)

• Reactance

• Resistance

• Ohms

electrical pressure, the force that pushes electrons through a wire; the forces that causes electrons to flow through a circuit.

• Electromotive Force

• Voltage

material that has high resistance to electricity

• Conductor

• Resistor

• Insulator

• Reactance

material that has low resistance to electricity

• Insulator

• Metal

• Conductor

• Copper

An unintentional connection between two or more current-carrying conductors

• Short

• Open

• Both, they both arch

The flow of electrons in an electrical circuit

• Current

• Amprage

An unintentional break in a current-carrying conductor or device.

• Short

• Open

• Both, they both arch

the amount of resistance in a circuit when one ampere flows with one volt applied. (could be used in AC or DC circuits)

• Resistance

• Ohms

• Reactance