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Power Supplies A to Z

We've included this handy glossary to help with the terminology & abbreviations relating to power products. Pick a letter below to begin, or download the glossary to refer to it whenever you like.

A	From 'A' To 'AWG'
B	From 'Back Electromotive Force (Back EMF)' To 'Bus Converter '
C	From 'C' To 'Curve B (or Class B)'
D	From 'dB' To 'Dynamic Load'
E	From 'Earth' To 'External Fusing'
F	From 'F' To 'Fusible Link'
G	From 'Galvanic' To 'Grounded'
H	From 'H' To 'Hz'
I	From 'I ' To 'Isolation Voltage'
J	From 'J ' To 'Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET)'
K	From 'K' To 'kWh'
L	From 'L ' To 'LVD'
M	From 'Magnetic Amplifier (Mag Amp)' To 'Multi-Resonant Topology (MRT)'

N	From 'Nano ' To 'NTC'
O	From 'OCV' To 'OVP'
P	From 'P' To 'PWM '
Q	From 'Quarter Brick ' To 'Quarter Brick '
R	From 'R' To 'RS485'
S	From 'S' To 'System International d’Unites (SI)'
T	From 't' To 'TUV '
U	From 'U' To 'USB'
V	From 'V' To 'Vss'
W	From 'W' To 'Working Voltage'
X-Z	From 'X ' To 'Zetta '
#	From '°C ' To '°F '

Term of the day : 'Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)'

The European Community Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment which, together with the RoHS Directive, became European Law in February 2003. It sets targets for collection, recycling and recovery for electrical/electronic goods. The law puts the responsibiliyt for these targets on the companies manufacturing electronic equipment. "Users of electrical and electronic equipment from private households should have the possibility of returning WEEE at least free of charge". Also, the manufacturers must use the collected waste in an ecologically friendly manner, either by ecological disposal or by reuse/refurbish. See also Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive.

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