Commonly Used Abbreviations
- AC
- Alternating current
- AL
- Aluminium
- ARRL
- American Radio Relay League
- ASRSG
- Asynchronous rotary spark gap
- AWG
- American Wire Gauge
- BPS
- Breaks per second
- BTU
- British thermal unit
- BTW
- By the way
- CPS
- Cycles per second
- CT
- Center tapped
- CW
- Continuous wave
- DC
- Direct current
- DMM
- Digital multimeter
- DW
- Damped wave
- EMI
- Electromagnetic interference
- EMMC
- Enhanced Multi Mini Cap
- FL
- Fluorescent Light
- FWIW
- For what it's worth
- HDPE
- High density polyethylene
- HF
- High Frequency
- HV
- High voltage
- HZ
- Hertz
- IMHO
- In my humble opinion
- IMO
- In my opinion
- KV
- Kilovolt
- KVA
- Kilovolt amp
- LDPE
- Low density polyethylene
- LTRC
- Larger than resonance cap
- MIG
- Metal inert gas
- MMC
- Multi-mini cap
- MOT
- Microwave oven transformer
- NST
- Neon sign transformer
- NaCl
- Salt
- OBIT
- Oil-burner ignition transformer
- PCB
- Polychlorinated biphenyl
- PET
- Polyethylene terephthalate (mylar)
- PF
- Power factor
- PFC
- Power factor correction
- PP
- Polypropylene
- PS
- Polystyrene
- PT
- Potential transformer
- PVC
- Polyvinyl chloride
- PWM
- Pulse width modulator
- Q
- Quality factor
- RF
- Radio frequency
- RFI
- Radio frequency interference
- RMS
- Root mean squared
- RPM
- Revolutions per minute
- RQSG
- Richard Quick spark gap
- RSG
- Rotary spark gap
- SG
- Spark gap
- SRSG
- Synchronous rotary spark gap
- TC
- Tesla coil
- TCML
- Tesla Coil Mailing List
- TIG
- Tungsten inert gas
- VA
- Volt amp
- XFMR
- Transformer