English name for motor part
English name for motor part
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Hello
Can someone tell me what is the correct english name for the cheramical connection block (with six screws) where the motor connection leads usually are connected?
Stefan
Can someone tell me what is the correct english name for the cheramical connection block (with six screws) where the motor connection leads usually are connected?
Stefan
RE: English name for motor part
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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The non-PC meaning of either term likely came along a lot later.
Hey what can I say. I did an etymology of common electrical terms once as a term paper for a class and the prof liked it so much he gave me extra credit to research oddball terminologies. I've forgotten most of them now but that one stuck because I later used it a lot.
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So, interesting and entertaining as it may be, the use of slang words brings with it a few problems. One of the problems is that the receiver doesn't get it at all. Worse, she/he gets the wrong meaning. And that can be dangerous in many technical fields.
Gunnar Englund
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I was in Alberta Canada on a job site a few years ago and heard guys talking about the "potheads" at the motors. I thought they were speaking of the electricians themselves, but apparently that's what they call Pecker Heads up there.
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Here's a specific one to the Electrical Industry in the US though.
http://www.tradeslang.com/default.asp
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So I think he had better avoid the Pecker Head version. Good link, by the way.
Gunnar Englund
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Were the Alberta motors medium or high voltage? I am used to hearing "Pot head" used to describe a medium voltage or high voltage termination.
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describes a Pothead as the device that is installed on the end of a cable at the point where the individual conductors separate. It is used at voltages above 750V or 1000V. This usage predates the popular present usage of "Pothead" by generations.
My Alberta oil-patch times were about 30 years ago, I was working on DC drives that did not use potheads in any event, and memory fails me. However there where probably termination potheads at the motor junction boxes (possibly built in to the junction boxes).
It would not be surprising if the terms motor junction box and pothead came to be used interchangeably in a particular region.
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I'm from California and can verify a pot head is:
Not:
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
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Keith, the pothead can also be seen (usually under) the terminal box on large motors. MV cables and sometimes also LV cables needs to be terinated there, too.
In our language the potheads are called "cable boxes" although they are not exactly box-shaped. On the other hand, the pothead doesn't look like a pot - or a head.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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