- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
An electrical component which changes direct current into alternating current. A rotary inverter is a form of motor-generator unit in which a DC motor drives an AC generator. A static inverter is a solid-state oscillator-amplifier combination.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical condition in which there is no voltage difference, or potential, between a point at ground potential and the ground point in the circuit.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical conductor made of a single piece of material, usually wire. Solid conductors are used where vibration is no problem, but stranded conductors are used where vibration is present.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical conductor made up of a number of small wires. These wires are either twisted together or braided and are usually enclosed in an insulating material. A stranded wire is often called a cable.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical conductor not covered by any type of insulation.
Bare conductors can be used only where there is no possibility of anything touching them. These conditions may be found inside the cabinets of certain types of electrical or electronic equipment.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical connection to a metal cold-water pipe or metal rod driven into the ground. The neutral conductor in a three-wire, single-phase electrical installation normally connects to earth ground.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical current measuring instrument sensitive enough to measure a flow as small as a few microamperes (millionths of an ampere).
Industry:Aviation
An electrical device that changes line-voltage alternating current into direct current with the required voltages. The regulator circuit causes the voltage to remain constant as the load current varies.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical device that uses a crystal to change mechanical movement into an electrical signal. Crystal phonograph pickups and crystal microphones are examples of piezoelectric transducers.
Industry:Aviation
An electrical discharge between two electrodes or points within a circuit having a difference of electrical potential. A spark normally has a very short duration and produces intense heat, light, and electromagnetic radiation that cover a wide band of frequencies. A spark is used inside the cylinder of an internal combustion engine to ignite the fuel-air mixture. A discharge of lightning is an extremely large spark.
Industry:Aviation
