Electric abbreviations and acronyms:

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A: Ampere

AC: AC or air conditioning (depending on context)

AF Audio Frequency

ANSI: American National Standards Institute

BEV billion electron-volts BW: Bandwidth

CBI: Complementary Binary

CFL: Compact Fluorescent Light

dB: Decibels

DC: Direct Current

E: Efficiency

EMF: Electromagnetic Field

EV: Electron Volt

FDC: Flow Duration Curve

FCEV: Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

G: conductance

GFCI: Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter

H: Grosse Tete

h: Net Head

Hz: Hertz

I: Current

J: Joule

kW: kilowatt

LF: low frequency

LION: Lithium Ion

MAD: mean annual discharge

MW: Megawatt

OCV: Open Circuit Voltage

POV: Peak Operating Voltage

Q: Load R: Resistance

RF: Radio Frequency S

W: Short Wave

V: Voltage / Volt

VA: Volt Ampere

VOM: Volt Ohmmeter

This list of abbreviations is far from being regarded as exhaustive, however. For more information about the abbreviations Electric. A primer on electrical units, abbreviations and symbols CanREN Glossary of terms and abbreviations University of Washington College of Engineering Electrical Engineering Acronyms Global Energy Network Institute's Glossary Electric Vehicles abbreviations and acronyms For information regarding electrical symbols, see Technical Data Electrical Symbols and Abbreviations in Accordance with American National Standards Institute.

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