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a fabricated assembly of Armored Cable

insulated conductors enclosed
in flexible metal sheath.
a factory assembled cable of Metal Clad Cable

one or more conductors each
individually insulated and
enclosed in a metallic sheath
of interlocking tape of a
smooth or corrugated tube.
a factory assembled Mineral Insulated Cable

conductor/s insulated with a
highly compressed refractory
mineral insulation enclosed in a
liquid and gas tight continuous
copper sheath.
also known by the trade name Non-Metallic Sheathed Cable

ROMEX, is a factory assembly
of two or more insulated
conductors having a moisture
resistant, flame retardant, and
non-metallic material outer
sheath.
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a factory assembly of two or Shielded Non-Metallic Sheathed Cable

more insulated conductors in
an extruded core of moisture
resistant and flame retardant
material covered within an
overlapping spiral metal tape.
a moisture resistant cable used Underground Feeder and Branch Circuit Cable
for underground connections
including direct burial in the
ground as feeder or branch
circuit.
a single or multi-conductor Service Entrance Cable

assembly provided with or
without an overall covering
primarily used for service wire
a factory assembled two or Power and Control Tray Cable

more insulated conductors
with or without associated bare
or covered grounding under a
metallic sheath and is used for
installation in cable trays,
raceways, or where supported
by wire.
an assembly of parallel Flat Cable Assemblies

conductors formed integrally
with an insulating material web
designed specially for field
installation in square structural
channels.
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consists of three or more flat Flat Conductor Cable

copper conductors placed
edge to edge separated and
enclosed within a insulating
assembly. This type of cable is
used for appliance or
individual branch circuits
installed inside floor surfaces.
a single or multi-conductor Medium Voltage Cable

solid dielectric insulated cable
rated at 2,000 to 35,000 volts.
Trade name is Medium Voltage
Solid Dielectric.
materials which prevent the INSULATORS

flow of electrons through them.
moisture and heat resistant RHW

rubber
Thermoplastic T
Moisture Resistant TW
Thermoplastic
Heat Resistant Thermoplastic THHN
Moisture and Heat resistant THWN

Thermoplastic
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Moisture and Heat resistant XHHW

cross linked thermost=etting
polyethelene
Silicon asbestos SA
Asvestos and Varnished AVA

Cambric
are circular raceways used to CONDUITS

enclose wires and cables and
are of metal or plastic (PVC).
are channels or wiring RACEWAYS

accessories so designed for
holding wires, cables and bus
bars that are either made of
metal, plastic, or any insulating
medium.
are devices for making, SWITCHES

breaking, or changing
conditions in an electrical
circuit under the conditions of
load which they are rated.
intended to disconnect all the Service Switch

electric service in the building
except emergency equipment.
This may comprise one to six
properly rated switches that
are assembled into a
switchboard
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are used where it is desired to Three-way switches

control lamps from two
different points, as in a
stairwell.
are used in conjunction with Four-way switches

two 3-wire switches where it is
desired to control lamps from
three or more desired points.
a form of air switch in which a Knife Switch

hinged copper blade is placed
between two contact clips.
a switch controlled by a Float Switch

conductor floating in a liquid.
an especially quiet switch that Mercury Switch

opens and closes an electric
circuit by shifting a sealed glass
tube of mercury so as to
uncover or cover the contacts.
This device, an essential part of Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS)

an emergency or standby
service, is basically a double
throw switch, generally 3-pole,
so arranged that on failure of
normal power, emergency
service is automatically
supplied.
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is a device consisting of an FUSE

alloy link of wire with a low
melting temperature which is
inserted in the circuit, in such a
way, that all current which
passes through the circuit, must
also pass through this metal.
is an over-current protective CIRCUIT BREAKERS

device designed to function as
a switch, or it can be manually
tripped and thus act as a circuit
switch. It breaks a circuit with
an automatic tripping device
without injury to itself.
is an over current protective GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS (GFCI or

device that will provide ground GFI)
fault protection as well as
function as an ordinary circuit
breaker.
are free standing assemblies of SWITCHBOARDS

switches, fuses, and/or circuit
breakers whose function
normally is to provide
switching and feeder
protection to a number of
circuits connected to a main
source.
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Its installation is much easier FLEXIBLE METAL CONDUIT WIRING

and quicker than that of rigid
metal conduits. Unlike the rigid
conduits which come in short
lengths of 10 ft. (3 M), flexible
metal conduit wiring comes in
length of 25 ft - 250 ft (8 M -
83 M) depending on the size of
the conduit.
consists of rubber or ARMORED CABLE WIRING (BX WIRING)

thermoplastic covered wire
protected from injury to a
certain extent from dampness
by one or two layers of flexible
steel armor.
the wires are supported on a SURFACE METAL RACEWAY WIRING

thin sheet steel casing. The
raceway is installed exposed,
being mounted on the walls or
ceiling. Metal raceways must
be continuous from outlet to
outlet or junction box,
designed especially for use
with metal raceways.
is a continuous open support CABLE TRAY / OPEN RACEWAY

for approved cables. When
used as a general wiring
system, the cables must be
self-protected, jacketed types,
type TC.
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under-the-ceiling raceways CEILING RACEWAY SYSTEMS

composed of header ducts and
distribution ducts separate for
power and telephone cabling.
They permit very rapid changes
in layouts at low cost and are
therefore particularly desirable
in stores where frequent
display transformations
necessitate corresponding
electrical facility adjustments.
Poles and transformer supports 500mm

shall be located not more than
___ inside from the road right-
of-way or property line
Primary lines shall have a 10 meters / 7.5 meters

minimum vertical clearance of
_____ from the crown of the
pavement when crossing the
highway
and _____ from the top of the
shoulder or sidewalk
Secondary, neutral and service 7.5 meters

lines shall have a minimum
vertical clearance of ____ from
the crown of the road
pavement
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Clearances of Supporting not less than 5 meters

Structures such as Poles,
Towers and others and their
guys and braces measured
from the nearest parts of the
objects concerned: From Fire
Hydrants,
Clearances of Supporting not less than 150 mm measured from

Structures such as Poles, the curb away from the roadway.
Towers and others and their
guys and braces measured
from the nearest parts of the
objects concerned: From
Curbs,
Conductors shall have a 2.5meters

clearance of not less than ___
from the highest point of roofs
Conductors shall have a 3meters

clearance of not less
than____ from the ground or
from any platform or
projection.
Conductors shall have a 1 meter/ 500mm

horizontal
clearance of not less than ____
from windows, doors, porches,
fire escapes, or
similar locations and shall be
run at least ____ above the top
level of a
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window or opening.
Service Drop of 5.5 meters

communication lines, when
crossing a street, shall have a
clearance of not less than ______
from the crown of the street or
sidewalk
over which it passes.
Service Drop of 3 meters

communication lines shall have
a minimum clearance of _____
above ground at its point of
attachment to the building or
pedestal.
Swimming and wading pools 3 meters

and the area extending _____
outward horizontally from the
inside of the walls of the pool.
Transformers rated 112-1/2 KVA 300mm

or less shall have separation of
at least ______ from combustible
material
Section 9.3 of this Rule apply 100mm thick.

except that the vault may be
constructed of reinforced
concrete not less than
the total load of the circuits ½ hour

supplying emergency lighting
and emergency power for a
period of at least .
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For hospitals, the transition- 10 seconds

time from instant of failure of
the normal power source to
the emergency generator
source shall not exceed
Who built his first elevator in Archimedes

236 BC.
On March 23, 1857 the first Otis 488 Broadway in New York City
passenger elevator was
installed at
A equipment that efficiently vertical transport

moves people between floors
(levels, deck) of a building,
vessel or other structure.
Usually placed at the top of lift GOVERNOR

shaft.
Placed in room equipped with
a lifting beam for maintenance
purposes.
Have electric motor, safety
gear, guard rail, diaphragm
motion and gear.
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Work to keep the car and the GUARD RAIL

counterweight.
Mounted on both sides of the
lift shaft which is attached to
the wheel of the car.
A safety device to hold the lift
from crashing down if the rope
break.
To absorb the impact of the lift BUFFER

car when it fell.
Placed in a room called the lift
pit.
Load borne by the generator is COUNTERWEIGHT

balanced by the
counterweight.
Connected with a wire rope of
the elevator car.
Use the traction with the motor. ELECTRIC LIFT

Used in most building > 60ft.
Motor room on top of lift shaft
will
increase the load of building
structure.
Possibility of noise structure
Need a lift wells and
maintenance
room near the engine room.
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moves by the action of steel HYDRAULIC LIFT

plunger lift which installed
under the car.
Not suitable for building > 60ft
(low rise) - insufficient space or
roof rooms too small to put the
machinery.
Transport load not > 100,000
pound.
Speed - not > 200ft/min.
A lift systems moves PATERNOSTER

continuously in one
direction by providing the
same car lifts.
Provides the movement up and
down
continuously.
No doors and passengers are
forced into
or out of the moving car lift
Speed - 80 min.
Suitable for 6 - 7 storey
buildings
Not suitable to used by
children or older people.
the ratio of the long side to Aspect Ratio

short side; not to exceed 5:1
although 4 or 3:1 is preferred.
contains steam and are used to Tempering Coils

heating the air ie.,preheaters
and reheaters
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consist of wire frames Dry Filters

enclosing felt, cotton or
sponge through which the air is
screened.
consist of metal deflecting Viscous Filters

plates or screens coated with
viscous oil.
these are intended for moving Centrifugal fans (radial fans)

air at comparatively high
pressures and are commonly
used in duct systems.
a controller which responds to Thermostat

changes in temperature
are instruments sensitive to Pressure Regulators

changes in pressure. They may
control a single pressure or a
differential between two
pressures
These control the flow of air Dampers

and are
in the form of louvers.
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The process of treating air so Air Conditioning

as to
control simultaneously its
temperature,
humidity, cleanliness and
distribution to
meet the requirements of the
conditioned
space.
A closed vessel for heating Boiler

water or for
application of heat to generate
steam or
other vapor to be used
externally or to
itself.
A mechanical device for the Compressor

purpose of
increasing the pressure upon
the
refrigerant.
A vessel or arrangement of Condenser

pipes or
tubing in which vaporized
refrigerant is
liquefied by the removal of
heat.
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Means a machine for lifting or Crane

lowering a
load and moving it horizontally,
the
hoisting mechanism being an
integral part
of the machine.
A passageway made of sheet Duct

metal or
other suitable material not
necessarily
leak tight, for conveying air or
other gases
at low pressure.
That part of the Evaporation

AC/refrigeration system in
which liquid refrigerant is
vaporized to
produce refrigeration.
Boiler rooms shall have at least 2

____ separate exits.
Not more than ____ of 136 kgs.

refrigerant in approved
containers shall
be stored in a machine room at
any
given time.
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Refrigerant piping crossing a 2.3 meters above the floor.

passageway in any building
shall not be
less than ___
Window type AC installed on 2.13 meters from the ground.

ground
floors of buildings shall not be
less than
____
Window type ACs installed 2.13 meters above the floor level.
along
corridors/hallways/above the
first floor
shall not be less than __
Piping ______ in diameter and 100mm

above
shall be flanged. Smaller sized
pipes
may be screwed.
the art and technique of Plumbing

installing pipes, fixtures and
other apparatuses in buildings
for bringing in the supply,
liquids, substances and/or
ingredients and removing
them.
National Plumbing Code of The Master Plumber

Phils. (RA 1378)
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Code on Sanitation PD 856 Sanitary Engineering
All plumbing plans, drawings, Registered and Licensed Master Plumber

diagrams, design
analyses/computations as
required, technical
specifications, bills of materials
and other required documents
for all types of occupancy shall
be prepared, signed and
sealed by:
Every building having plumbing sewer system

fixtures installed and intended
for human habitation, or
premises abutting on a street,
alley or easement where there
is a public sewer, shall be
connected to the
Each fixture directly connected water-sealed trap.

to the drainage system shall be
equipped with a
If water closets or other Septic Tank

plumbing fixtures are installed
in buildings where there is no
sewer within a reasonable
distance, suitable provision
shall be made for disposing of
the building sewage by some
accepted method of sewage
treatment and disposal, such as
a
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A decree instituting a Water The Water Code of the Philippines PD 1067

Code, thereby revising and
consolidating the laws
governing the ownership,
appropriation, utilization,
exploitation, development,
conservation and protection of
water resources
articles of matters that are Sedimentation

suspended in the water are
allowed to stay in a container
so that they will settle in the
bottom, then drawing the water
out, leaving these sediments in
the container.
raw water is made to pass on Aeration

pipes of tiny sieves and
exposed to air of fine mist.
water are filtered on various Filtration

processes, so as to remove the
particles of vegetable matter,
mud, and other particles of
matter present in the water,
most commonly used materials
are sand and gravel.
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water are given chemical Chemical Treatment

treatments to kill the harmful
bacteria present and to cure
the turbid taste or mud taste,
remove clay, salts, iron, etc.
commonly used chemical is
chlorine.
a building or premises consists WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

of the water service pipe, water
supply line, water distributing
pipe and the necessary branch
pipes, fittings, valves and all
appurtenances required for the
supply of potable water.
The pipe carrying potable water service connection

water from the source of water
supply to a building or other
point of use or distribution on
the lot. Building supply shall
also mean
The supply system delivering water-service pipe.

water from the potable source
to the building is the

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Terms in this set (128)

a fabricated assembly of Armored Cable

a factory assembled cable of Metal Clad Cable

a factory assembled Mineral Insulated Cable

also known by the trade name Non-Metallic Sheathed Cable

a factory assembly of two or Shielded Non-Metallic Sheathed Cable

a single or multi-conductor Service Entrance Cable

a factory assembled two or Power and Control Tray Cable

an assembly of parallel Flat Cable Assemblies

consists of three or more flat Flat Conductor Cable

a single or multi-conductor Medium Voltage Cable

materials which prevent the INSULATORS

moisture and heat resistant RHW

Heat Resistant Thermoplastic THHN

Moisture and Heat resistant THWN

Moisture and Heat resistant XHHW

Asvestos and Varnished AVA

are circular raceways used to CONDUITS

are channels or wiring RACEWAYS

are devices for making, SWITCHES

intended to disconnect all the Service Switch

are used where it is desired to Three-way switches

are used in conjunction with Four-way switches

a form of air switch in which a Knife Switch

a switch controlled by a Float Switch

an especially quiet switch that Mercury Switch

This device, an essential part of Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS)

is a device consisting of an FUSE

is an over-current protective CIRCUIT BREAKERS

is an over current protective GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS (GFCI or

are free standing assemblies of SWITCHBOARDS

Its installation is much easier FLEXIBLE METAL CONDUIT WIRING

consists of rubber or ARMORED CABLE WIRING (BX WIRING)

the wires are supported on a SURFACE METAL RACEWAY WIRING

is a continuous open support CABLE TRAY / OPEN RACEWAY

under-the-ceiling raceways CEILING RACEWAY SYSTEMS

Poles and transformer supports 500mm

Primary lines shall have a 10 meters / 7.5 meters

Secondary, neutral and service 7.5 meters

Clearances of Supporting not less than 5 meters

Clearances of Supporting not less than 150 mm measured from

Conductors shall have a 2.5meters

Conductors shall have a 3meters

Conductors shall have a 1 meter/ 500mm

Service Drop of 5.5 meters

Service Drop of 3 meters

Swimming and wading pools 3 meters

Transformers rated 112-1/2 KVA 300mm

Section 9.3 of this Rule apply 100mm thick.

the total load of the circuits ½ hour

For hospitals, the transition- 10 seconds

Who built his first elevator in Archimedes

A equipment that efficiently vertical transport

Usually placed at the top of lift GOVERNOR

Work to keep the car and the GUARD RAIL

To absorb the impact of the lift BUFFER

Load borne by the generator is COUNTERWEIGHT

Use the traction with the motor. ELECTRIC LIFT

moves by the action of steel HYDRAULIC LIFT

A lift systems moves PATERNOSTER

the ratio of the long side to Aspect Ratio