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Elect 101
KM 01
Question | Answer |
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uses for technical diagrams | • Simplification • Explaining How a System Works • Standardizing Information • Maintaining Equipment |
Interpretation of diagrams involves understanding many things. What are two key things you must understand in order to interpret diagrams? | • An understanding of the basic symbols used to represent equipment and instrumentation. • The ability to interpret the tag or identification number. |
Briefly describe the information you would find on a cable schedule | • Cable number • Description of the cable • Description of cable run from and too |
What will you not find on a cable schedule? | • Colour of cable |
The three components of the fire triangle required to create combustion are? | • Fuel • Heat • Oxygen |
If a mixture is too weak to burn it is described within explosive limits to be? | • LEL |
Give the definition for Flashpoint | • Minimum temperature where vapors evaporate from a liquid to form a flammable atmosphere |
Provide the formula for Ignition Energy | • Ignition Energy = Voltage x Current x Time |
Give the definition of Ignition Temperature | • Minimum temperature where combustion starts & continues to burn even after removal of the heat source • Spontaneous combustion occurs when materials exceed their ignition temperature |
List seven other potential ignition sources other than electrical sparks and arcs | • Hot surfaces • Batteries • Friction • Static electricity • Lightning • Impact • Radio Frequency |
Three factors that determine how hazardous a material can be are? | • Flash point, • Explosive limits, • Ignition temperature |