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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 : 'Enable'
A signal input to a power supply which will turn on the outputs (if the unit is fan cooled then this may also enable the fan). The signal has to be activated to make the outputs turn on. With nothing connected to the input, the power supply should not operate. (Compare this with Inhibit).
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