UK / USA Tool Terminology Translator

What??? In the USA a N connector is called an N connector..

RG-8, RG-58, RG-141, RG-225 These are all cable sizes not connectors.

Mike in Florida

never heard the term wall wart before I found this forum : ) I guess it is a northern US term since I live in Floirda.

er, yes... it was meant to convey what the N connector is generally used on, and hence how Americans would readily identify it...

okay.

outer

If the housing is male but the electical connection is female and the mating housing is female and corresponding electrical part is male which part would be refered to as male and which female.

Do I hear you correctly that in USA the receiving female part is called a Jack ? In the UK jack is quite definitely male as more generally "in to jack off" and "one-eyed jacks" etc

revised list UK term : USA term

Allen Key : hex key , hex wrench answerphone : answering machine Avo (meter) , [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 : television (set) 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 mains (power) [electricity supply company power feed ] : line (power) maths (mathematics ) : math metric (measurements) : European 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 : mil (measurement) trillion (before 1974 ? ) : million million million valve : tube Vero board : matrix board video : vcr (machine) white goods : appliances wireless : radio

A few synonyms of sort Low Copper, High Oxygen Content Connection = High Impedence Air Gap = unplugged

i've never heard of that one

IHVT (Flyback Transformer) =

do you mean LOPT ?

yes

LOPT = Line Output Transformer pronounced comfortably as Lop-tee

I'm thinking of the Bulgin power connectors used on valve/tube amps where the chassis housing is female but has 3 pins mating with 3 sockets in a male housing on the line cord - is the line cord connector called a plug or a socket ?

Once this is in a semi-final form, I'd like to add it to the S.E.R. FAQ (with your permission).

Thanks.

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plug in power supply : wall wart : adapter : transformer

Couldn't LOPT be Line Output Transistor also? I thought they were just called a Flyback.