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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Below is a list of acronyms and abbreviations used by Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. (LEC).
® indicates an LEC product or component which is registered as a federal or state trademark and/or patented in the US and/or elsewhere.
Every entry is listed as follows: Acronym Product Name, Description, Explanation Abbreviation
GROUNDING PRODUCTS:
CR Chem-Rod® (grounding rod filled with chemical/mineral salts)
-H horizontal
-V vertical
-N salts for Normal soil
-W salts for Wet soil
-D salts for Dry soil
-m maintenance free (non-refillable)
-T tinned (for cathodic/galvanic applications)
CCS Charge Collector System
ECC Earth Charge Collector
GAF Ground Augmentation Fill® (conductive soil mixture)
GCC Ground Charge Collector, Ground Current Collector
GG Grounding Grid
Gnd Ground, Grounding = Grd = Gndg = Earthing
GS Grounding System
RGA Retractable Grounding Assembly®
SURGE PRODUCTS:
CLP Coax Line Protector (model name)
Coax Co-axial cable
DC Down conductor
DS Dyna Systems (model name)
DLP Data Line Protector (model name)
FG Facility Guard (model name)
GC Ground(ing) conductor
G-N, N-G Ground-to-Neutral, Neutral-to-Ground voltage
L-L Line-to-Line voltage = Phase-to-Phase
L-N Line-to-Neutral voltage
L-G Line-to-Ground voltage
MOV Metal Oxide Varistor
PG Phase Guard (model name)
PL Pro Line (model name)
PP Phase Pro (model name)
SB Sandwich Block® TVSS (model name)
SE Surge Eliminator (model name)
SVR Suppression Voltage Rating
TL Transient Limiter (model name)
TVSS Transient Voltage Surge Suppression (generic for any surge protection device)
LIGHTNING PROTECTION PRODUCTS:
CC Charge Conductor
CCS Charge Collector System
CTT Charge Transfer Technology (industry generic name for LEC DAS®)
CTS Charge Transfer System (industry generic name of CTT implementation)
DA® Dissipation Array®
DAS® Dissipation Array System (LEC’s implementation of Charge Transfer Technology)
Diss Dissipation
DW, D/W, d/w Dissipation Wire = DA wire
DDS Dual Dissipation System® (two parallel lines of D/W)
GCC Ground Charge Collector
IPG Ion Plasma Generator®
LWS Lightning Warning System
SDM Static Discharge Monitor
SBI Spline Ball Ionizer®
SBI Cluster Multiple SBIs mounted together
SBI Duo Cluster of 2 SBIs
SBI Triad Cluster of 3 SBIs
SBI Quad Cluster of 4 SBIs
SBT Spline Ball Terminal®
DAS® Dissipation Array® System (LEC’s implementation of Charge Transfer Technology)
Conic DAS Conic Array (usually for conic or dome roof storage tanks)
Dish DAS Dish Array (usually for microwave and TV satellite dishes)
Flat Roof DAS Flat Roof Array (usually for flat roof structures)
Helipad DAS Helipad Array (for helicopter landing pad)
Hemi DAS Hemisphere Array (usually for towers, poles and certain other structures)
Paragon DAS Paragon Array = prgn = parag (usually for buildings with complex roof structures)
Panel DAS Panel Array (usually for special applications including radio/TV broadcast towers)
Parapet DAS Parapet Array (usually for roof of buildings)
Perimeter DAS Perimeter Array (usually around roof perimeter of a structure)
Radome DAS Radar Dome Array (usually for radar and communication dishes)
Rim DAS Rim Array (usually for floating roof petrochemical storage tanks)
Stack DAS Stack Array (usually for smoke stacks)
Trapezoid DAS Trapezoid Array = Trap. (usually for certain radio/TV broadcast or communication towers)
MISCELLANEOUS WORDS/Addreviations:
API American Petroleum Institute
ARO After Receipt of Order
Assy Assembly
Bldg Building
Cert Certification (DAS), Certificate of Completion
Comm Twr Communication Tower(s)
DG Dangerous Goods
DM Davit Mount, a method of installation/mounting SBI
Encl(s) Enclosure(s)
FRT Floating Roof Tank
Gen Power generation station/plant/facility
Hdwr Hardware
HD, Hvy Heavy Duty
LEC Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc
Met Twr Meteorological Tower(s)
Misc Matls Miscellaneous materials
Mgr, Mgmt Manager, management
Mfr Manufacture
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
Ops Ctr Operations Center (computer control room)
Pedestal Structural component for installation/mounting of Hemi DAS
P&M Packing and Marking
Pkg Package or parking
Plt Pallet (shipping size)
R&D Research and Development
Recert Annual DAS Recertification inspection
Rev Revision
RFI Request For Information
RFP Request For Proposal
RFQ Request For Quotation
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SS Stainless Steel
Stn Station
Sub Power transmission and distribution substation
Supv LEC Installation Supervisor and DAS Certification
T&D Transmission and Distribution (regarding power)
UL Underwriters Laboratory (product safety/testing organization in USA )
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ABBREVIATIONS and ACRONYMS
ATS Automatic Transfer Switch
A, Amps Ampere (current)
AC Alternating Current
c centi (one-hundredth)
C Coulomb (charge)
CPGD Center Phase Grounded Delta power configuration
D, 3D Delta 3-Phase power configuration
DC Direct Current
di/dt, DI/DT The rate of change of current over time (transient)
ε Electric field strength =V/m
Eng, Engr Engineer
EMP Electro-Magnetic Pulse
G Giga (one billion)
Hz Hertz (frequency, cycles per second)
i, I Current measured in Amps
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
J Joules (energy, ability to do work) = N x m
k kilo (one thousand)
m milli (one-thousandth), meter
M Mega (one million)
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
N Newton (force)
NEC National Electrical Code ( USA )
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NFPA National Fire Protection Association ( USA )
µ micro, micron (one-millionth)
n nano (one-billionth)
Ω Ohms (resistance, impedance)
PE Project Engineer, Professional Engineer
PM Project Management
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
s seconds
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
V Volts (voltage)
W Watt (power)
Y, 3Y Wye 3-Phase power configuration
SHIPPING ACRONYMS (Incoterms 2000)
Ex-Works Ownership transfer at manufacturer factory shipping dock
FOB Freight/Free On Board, ownership transfer at named location (usually factory, truck or port)
CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight, ownership transfer at named port (usually destination)
C&F Cost and Freight
