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Q4 Week 5
Week 5 Reviewer
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Signal and Alarm | A mechanism that gives an audible, visual, or other kind of signal to alert people to a problem or condition that requires urgent attention. |
| Signal and Alarm System: Wiring | The conductor commonly uses No. 18 or 16 copper wires (solid or stranded). |
| Electric bell | an alarm that produces an audible alarm tone when electrical energy is applied. |
| Electromagnet (N\S) | a magnetic wire wound around the insulated soft iron bolt; it produces strong magnetic attraction. |
| Hammer or beater (striker) | is a small ball attached to the armature which strikes the gong. |
| Gong bell | A concave disc that produces loud sound when stuck by the hammer. |
| Adjustable contacts | It serves as the contact switch to the spring. |
| Buzzer | an alarming device that produces a buzzing sound which is caused by the rapid vibration of armature. |
| Novel Buzzer | uses a relay in series with a small audio transformer and speaker. When the switch is pressed, the relay will operate via the transformer primary and closed relay contact. |
| Annunciator | is a device used to indicate by visual sign that transmit over electric call bell circuit. |
| Burglar Alarm | The improvement of call bell and annunciator system |
| The Open-Circuit Alarm System | all switches are open: are installed on doors, window, switches that automatically open and close as soon as the door or window is forced to open causing the bell to ring. |
| The Closed-Circuit Burglar Alarm | all switches are closed: when the doors and window are forced to open, the switches will automatically open which causes the relay to be energized and complete the bell circuit that makes it ring. |
| Metal Strip | Part of buzzer with strip thin sheet of electromagnetic materials which vibrates when electromagnet is energized and produces a buzzing sound. |