UK / USA Tool Terminology Translator

I can never find a translation file for converting commonly used terms for technical tools and equipment etc in the UK for the equivalent term used in the USA , or vice versa, often involves trade names. Plenty of sites mentioning equivalent car part names eg bumper : fender etc This is my start - please reply adding others or any possible errors. The list with any additions is/will be on

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UK term : USA term

Allen Key : hex key , hex wrench answerphone : answering machine Avo (meter, short for Avocet ) [old analogue multimeter ] : VTVM (vacuum tube voltmeter; usually

line-powered) or a VOM (volt-ohmmeter; usually battery-powered) banana plugs : ? billion (before year 1974 ) : million million (the) box, telly, tv : television (set) Bulgin connectors : ? choc block connectors : ? earth [voltage reference] : ground elastic band, bungee cord : flex enameled copper wire : magnet wire engineer's persuader for percussive maintenance : knockometer flex : electric cord Gilbows : tinsnips Harwin connectors : ? Hellerman pliers ,(triple prong sleeving expanders) : ? imperial (measurements ) : inches,feet,yards,miles LOPT , Line Output Transformer (pronounced Lop-tee) : IHVT (Flyback Transformer) mains (power) [electricity supply company power feed ] : line (power) maths (mathematics ) : math metric (measurements) : European mobile (phone) : cellphone, wireless, cellular phone Mole grips : lock jaw pliers, vice grips plug in power supply : wall wart power point : electric socket QM connectors : ? phono connectors : RCA connectors spanner : wrench scope (oscilloscope) : o'scope , waveform analyser Stanley knife : box cutter Stilsons : pipewrench thou (thousandth of an inch ): mil (measurement) trillion (before 1974 ? ) : million million million valve : tube Vero board : matrix board video : vcr (machine) white goods : appliances wireless : radio

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"Mega" = Insulation Tester

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N Cook

Shouldn't that be "Megger" (tm) ?

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I've no idea how my dad spelled it?

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Part of AVO. Used to be Evershed & Vignoles (UK) range of insulation testers.

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latest version will be on in week or so

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Allen Key : hex key , hex wrench, Allen wrench answerphone : answering machine anti-clockwise : counter-clockwise Araldite (epoxy glue) : J B Weld Avo (meter, short for Avocet ) [old analogue multimeter ] : VTVM (vacuum tube voltmeter; usually line-powered) or a VOM (volt-ohmmeter; usually battery-powered) Bakelite : Catlin banana plugs : wander plugs billion (before year 1974 ) : million million (the) box, telly : television (set) Bulgin connectors : ? earth [voltage reference] : ground elastic band, rubber band : flex enameled copper wire : magnet wire engineer's persuader for percussive maintenance : knockometer flex : electric cord Gilbows : tinsnips Harwin/Molex connectors : Amp/Tyco Hellerman pliers ,(triple prong sleeving expanders) : ? high tension (HT) : high voltage (hv) imperial (measurements ) : inches,feet,yards,miles jack : plug (male part of a connection) LOPT , Line Output Transformer (pronounced Lop-tee) : IHVT (Flyback Transformer) , IFBT = Integrated FlyBack Transformer mains (power) [electricity supply company power feed ] : line (power) maths (mathematics ) : math metric (measurements, mm ,cm, metres,km) : European mobile (phone) : cellphone, wireless, cellular phone Mole grips : lock jaw pliers, vice grips Paxolin : Lucite ? Perspex : Plexiglas pilewound (as in a coil) : scatterwound plug in power supply : wall wart, ac adapter plugs and sockets (male and female designated by forms of outer housing ) : plugs and sockets (male and female designated by forms inner electrical connections ) power point : electric socket phono connectors : RCA connectors (archaic) QM connectors : ? reaction : regeneration rubber (hard formulation) : Ebonite spanner : wrench scope (oscilloscope) : o'scope, oscope screening : shielding socket : jack (except for mains wall outlets) Stanley knife : box cutter , utility knife Stilsons : pipewrench thou (thousandth of an inch ): mil (measurement) trillion (before 1974 ? ) : million million million valve : tube Vero board ,copper strip matrix board : Vector board video : vcr (machine) white goods : appliances wireless : radio

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N Cook

No. Bumper is bumper, a fender is a mudguard.

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Trademark, sold in US, too, short for Amps, Volts, Ohms. US generic equivalent would likely be "analog VOM" (volt - ohm - milliammeter)

Banana plugs

Trillion

Hammer

Sheet metal shears

Harwin make lots of connectors, which one?

Sleeving pliers

Standard units

Transformer)

Horizontal scan output transformer (in the rare cases where one is still used as such). Otherwise flyback transformer, FBT.

Utility power

Metric

Vise Grips (tm)

Electrical outlet.

Burndy QikMate (tm)

Scope is fine, ('scope too). "Analyzer" is spelled with a "z"

Vacuum tube, electron tube

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