Glossary of Electrical Terms in English — C

Electrical terms in English with the letter C


Cable conductor — core of the cable

Cable duct (in a substation) — a substation for cable ducts

Cable rack — shelf for cables

Cable tunnel — cable tunnel

Calibrated Scale — Calibrated scale

Calibration curve — calibration curve

Calibration report — configuration protocol

Calorimetric test — calorimetric tests

Capacitance between wire and ground — phase capacitance to ground

Capacitance between conductors-phase-phase capacitance (capacitance between conductors)

Capacitive current — capacitive current

Capacitive feedback — capacitive feedback

Capacitive load — capacitive load

Capacitive potential divider — capacitive voltage divider

Capacitive resistance — capacitive resistance

Capacitive Residual Current — Capacitive Residual Current

Capacitive admittance — capacitive conductance

Condenser — Condenser

Capacitor Discharge — Capacitor Discharge

Capacitor trip device — a relay protection device with tripping from a pre-charged capacitor

Capacitor voltage supply unit - charger

Capacitor voltage transformer — capacitive voltage transformer

Battery capacity — battery capacity

Carrier channels — HF channels

Carrier current — carrier current

Carrier current protection — high frequency relay protection

Carrier frequency — carrier frequency

Carrier frequency transmission — transmission of carrier frequency information

Transmission of carrier frequency through high voltage latches — transmission of carrier frequency information through high voltage LEL

Case — jacket

Cathode ray tube - cathode ray tube

Reasons - reasons

CPU — CPU

Central store — central memory

Center Zero Relay — Center position relay

Zero-centered scale — A scale with zero in the middle

Calibration certificate

Changing the measurement range

Change of state — change of position

Switch - A two-way switch

Characteristic equation — characteristic equation

Charging (of capacitors or batteries)

Charger — charger

Chart — chart

Card recorder - recorder

Verification - verification Verification tool - verification of measurement systems

Select setting — select settings

Choke — choked

Choke coil - Choked

Pie Chart — A pie chart

Scheme - circuit

Breaker — a switch

Circuit Breaker Close — Close the circuit breaker

Breaker failure protection system

circuit breaker openinig — open circuit breaker

Circuit Breaker Position Data — Circuit breaker position information

Circuit characteristics — circuit characteristic

Circuit closed in standby mode — Closed circuit in standby mode

Circuit closed in operating position — circuit closed in operating position

Chain in service — purpose in work

Standby Circuit — Standby circuit

Circuit Break Contact — Break Contact

Loop impedance characteristic

Circulating current system

Remove the short circuit — Remove the short circuit

Hair Clipper - Separator

Clock — synchronizing pulse

Close (to) (manual) — enable (manual)

Closed-loop control — closed-loop control

Close-up failures — failures near the RP installation locations

Close (manual) — close (manual)

N/O contact — N/O contact

Closing Solenoid — Closing Solenoid

Close Instruction (Manual) — Close Instruction (Manual)

Closing mechanism - closing mechanism

Close operation — a close operation

Close time — turn on the time

Coarse adjustment — coarse adjustment

Rough reading — rough counting

Coarse tuning — coarse tuning stage

Coarse sync — Coarse sync

Coaxial cable — coaxial cable

Encoding — Encoding

Coil - a coil

Frequency Crash — Frequency Avalanche

Stress Collapse — An avalanche of stress

Combined instrument transformer - combined instrument transformer

Combined heat and power — combined heat and power

Enter in step — enter in sync

Commercial Test — Industrial Tests

General Auxiliaries — Auxiliaries throughout the plant

General battery

Communication cable - communication cable

Comparator circuit — a comparator circuit

Compensating voltage — compensating voltage

Compensating coil — compensating coil

Compensated network — compensated network

Compensating feedback — compensating feedback

Compiler (program) — compiler, translator

Additional error - additional error

Complex Impedance — Complex Impedance

Complex plane — complex plane

Complex power — complex power

Components — components

Computer program — a program for a computer

Condensing set — condensing turbine unit

Conductivity — Conductivity

Conductive coupling — galvanic coupling

Conductivity — Conductivity

Conductor — conductor

Wire fault - wire fault

Wiring diagram - wiring diagram

Connection layout — wire arrangement

Connections - connections

Connector - connector

Constant resistance - constant resistance

Contact — contact

Contact Chat — contact vibration

The contact is closed in the working position — the contact is closed in the working position

Contact Element — A contact element

Contact gap — the gap between contacts

Contact heating — contact heating

Contact in inert gas - contact in inert gas (reed switch)

Contactless pickup — proximity sensor

Contact open in working position — contact open in working position

Contactor - contactor

Contact resistance — contact resistance

Contact voltage — voltage between contacts

Continuous action — continuous impact

Continuous control — continuous adjustment

Continuous curve characteristic — time dependence in the form of a smooth curve

Continuous output — continuous power output

Continuous rating — rated continuous output power

Continuous store — persistent memory

Control - control

Control action - control action

Control zone — zone of regulation

Control board (desk) — control panel (board)

Control cable - cable for secondary circuits (control cable)

Control circuit - circuit (chain)

Control current — control current

Control deviation - control deviation

Control Mismatch Switch - Control switch with mismatch indicator

Control engineer — dispatcher

Control equipment - control equipment

Control instruction — control command

Control button — control button

Manageability — manageability

Controlled member — subject to regulation

Controlled output — control value

Controlled value — an adjustable parameter

Controller - controller (regulator)

Control power range — adjustment range

Network Control — Network management

Control line — control command

Control panel — control panel

Control process - control process

Control pulse — control pulse

Span of control — range of control

Control key — control key

Control unit — control unit

Control voltage — control voltage

Control coil - control coil

Conventional thermal power plant - fossil fuel power plant

Converter - converter

Conversion substation

Electricity conversion

Loss of copper — loss of copper

Transformer core — the core (magnetic circuit) of the transformer

Corona effect — corona effect

Loss of crown — losses for the crown

Correction - correction

Corrective Action - Corrective Action

Correct operation of relay protection

Corrupted Data — Corrupted data

Counter (of operations)

Pair (to) — close (close)

Coupling between different phases of two high-voltage circuits — mutual induction between different phases of two high-voltage circuits

Coupling between phases — mutual induction between phases

Coupling capacitor — coupling capacitor

Link Circuit Breaker — A switch for connecting to a busbar

Coupling filter — Coupling filter

Relay Cover — Relay Cover

Current balance — balance of currents

Current balance relay - differential relay

Current load capacity — current load capacity

Current circuit - current circuit

Current -depend — depends on the current

Current limiter - current limiter

Current Limiting Reactor - Current limiting reactor

Current protection — current relay protection

Current relay — current relay

Current resonance — resonance of currents

Current reversal — changing the direction of the current

Current rush — current tide

Current transformer - current transformer

Interrupting relay — Interrupting relay

Cycle - cycle

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