I. Terms & Jargon
IEEE Term | IEC Term | Description |
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AWG/kcmil | mm² | Electrical conductor/cable size designation |
Cable Terminator | Cable Gland | A terminating device for cables at an enclosure |
• CGB | • Stuffing gland | • Device contains only outer cable jacket seal. |
• Cable terminator | • Termination gland | • Combines outer jacket seal with device to electrically bond armor to enclosure. Outer dimension is overall cable diameter. Inner dimension is armor with outer jacket removed. |
• Cable seal | • Barrier gland | • For passage from classified to nonclassified hazardous location |
• Fire stop | • Transit frame | • This is generally a device with multiple penetrations which provides a fire barrier. |
Cable tray | Cable rack/Ladder | Cable support system. For further definition of this item, see Section 10.0 (“Cable Tray Sizes”) of text document. |
Class/divisions | Zones | Hazardous (classified) location/area identifications |
Explosionproof | Flameproof | A particular type of enclosure for use in hazardous (classified) location |
Ground/Grounding | Earth/Earthing | Definition or point of zero potential in an electrical system |
Horsepower | Kilowatt | Definition of unit of power output |
Inch | Millimeter | Unit of length measurement |
Multiconductor | Multicore | A cable made up of more than one conductor |
Purged | Pressurized | A particular type of enclosure for use in hazardous (classified) location |
V | u | Voltage |
foot-candle | lux | Illuminance (Lighting) |