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Re: abreviations..too many for us newbies



I just _had_ to alphabeticise your list!


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

HDPE High density polyethylene
HF High Frequency
HV High voltage
HZ Hertz

IMHO In my humble opinion
IMO In my opinion

KV Kilovolt
KVA Kilo volt amp

LDPE Low density polyethylene
LTRC Larger than resonance cap

MIG Metal inert gas
MMC Multi-mini cap
MOT Microwave oven transformer

NaCl Salt
NST Neon sign transformer

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 Telsa coil mailing list
TIG Tungsten inert gas

VA Volt amp

XFMR Transformer





At 04:38 PM 2/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
>Hi Ray,
>
>	Here are a bunch...
>
>HDPE High density polyethylene
>LDPE Low density polyethylene
snip....