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Building Systems
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- 1INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODESETS QUANTITIES OF FIXTURES FOR PLUMBING IN COMMERCIAL SPACES
- 2NATIONAL APPLIANCE ENERGY CONSERVATION ACTTHIS ACT ESTABLISHES MINIMUM EFFICIENCY CRITERIA FOR HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING.
- 320%APPLIANCES ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY ____% OF THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD'S ENERGY USE
- 4VOLTELECTRICAL POTENTIAL
HOW MUCH FORCE IS BEHIND THE CURRENT? - 5AMPERAGE (AMPS)MEASURE OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT FLOW
HOW MUCH FLOW IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING? - 6WATTONE AMP MOVING AT ONE VOLT
HOW MUCH WORK IS A DEVICE DOING? - 7W = V X ABASIC CAPACITY FORMULA (wEST vIRGINIa)
- 8W=V x A W= 120 x 15 W = 1,800wWHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF A 120v CIRCUIT USING A 15A CIRCUIT BREAKER?
- 9A = W/V V = W/A A = 100/120 A = 0.8AHOW MUCH AMP DRAW DOES A 100w LIGHT BULB TAKE ON A 120v CIRCUIT?
- 10ENERGY STARA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WHICH HELPS BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUALS SAVE MONEY AND CLIMATE THROUGH SUPERIOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- 11NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODENEC
- 12AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTEANSI
- 13NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATIONNEMA
- 14NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION AGENCYNFPA
- 15GENERATION FACILITIESMOST ELECTRICITY IS MADE BY TURBINE BLADES ROTATING AT SPEEDS HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY IN _________ _________.
- 16HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCHYARDELECTRICITY FLOWS THROUGH METAL CONDUCTION TO A ______________ WHERE A TRANSFORMER STEPS UP VOLTAGE FOR TRANSMISSION.
- 17TRANSMISSION LINESTHESE CAN EFFICIENTLY CARRY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY OVER LONG DISTANCES TO SUBSTATIONS.
- 18SUSTATIONSTHIS IS WHERE ELECTRICITY IS STEPPED DOWN SO IT CAN TRAVEL OVER SMALLER DISTRIBUTION LINES TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES
- 19DISTRIBUTION LINESTHESE CARRY ELECTRICITY TO NEIGHBORHOODS
"TELEPHONE POLES" - 20TRANSFORMERAN ELECTRIC POLE ______ REDUCES THE VOLTAGE TO A LEVEL THAT CAN BE USED IN HOMES
- 21CONDUCTORALLOW THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS
- 22COPPERWHAT IS THE BEST METALLIC CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY?
- 23INSULATORRESTRICTS THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS
- 24RESISTANCETHE RESTRICTION TO THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS THROUGH A CONDUCTOR
- 25LENGTHPHENOMENON REFERRED TO AS "VOLTAGE DROP"
- 26CROSS-SECTIONSIZE CREATING RESISTANCE
"WIRE GUAGE" - 27TEMPERATURERESISTANCE=FRICTION=HEAT
- 28CIRCUITANY CLOSED PATH FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT
- 29WATER MAINPART OF THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM COMPRISED OF LARGE PIPES THAT TRANSPORT WATER FOR A PUBLIC-WATER SYSTEM FROM ITS SOURCE TO SERVICE CONNECTIONS AT BUILDINGS
- 30SERVICE PIPESCONNECTS WATER DISTRIBUTION FROM THE MAINS INTO A BUILDING
- 31$1.50 FOR 1000 GALWHAT IS THE AVERAGE US COST FOR 1000 GALLONS?
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