Nfpa 70 Nec Abbreviations

Front 1

A

Back 1

Ampere

Front 2

AFCI

Back 2

Arc-Fault Circuit Interruptor

Front 3

AHJ

Back 3

Authority Having Jurisdiction

Front 4

AIC

Back 4

Ampere Interrupting Capacity

Hint 4

Amp

Front 5

AL

Back 5

Aluminum

Front 6

ANSI

Back 6

American National Standard Institute

Hint 6

Standard

Front 7

ATS

Back 7

Automatic Transfer Switch

Front 8

AWG

Back 8

American Wire Gauge

Front 9

CATV

Back 9

Community Antenna T.V

Front 10

CB

Back 10

Circuit Breaker

Front 11

Cmil

Back 11

Circular Mill

Front 12

CO/ALR

Back 12

Copper Aluminum Revision

Hint 12

Revision

Front 13

COPS

Back 13

Critical Operation Power Systems

Hint 13

Critical

Front 14

CSA

Back 14

Canadian Standard Association

Front 15

Cu

Back 15

Copper

Front 16

DCOA

Back 16

Designated Critical Operations Area

Front 17

EGC

Back 17

Equipment Grounding Conductor

Front 18

EMF

Back 18

Electromotive Force

Front 19

EMT

Back 19

Electrical metal tubing

Front 20

ENT

Back 20

Electrical nonmetallic tubing

Front 21

ESS

Back 21

Energy storage system

Hint 21

Storage

Front 22

EV

Back 22

Electrical Vehicle

Front 23

EVPE

Back 23

Electric Vehicle Power Export Equipment

Front 24

EVSE

Back 24

Electrical vehicle Supply Equipment

Front 25

FLC

Back 25

Full Load Circuit

Hint 25

Load

Front 26

FMC

Back 26

Flexible Metallic Conduit

Front 27

FMT

Back 27

Flexible Metal Tubing

Front 28

GEC

Back 28

Grounding Electrode Conductor

Hint 28

Electrode

Front 29

GFCI

Back 29

Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor

Front 30

GFPE

Back 30

Ground Fault Protected Equipment

Front 31

GND

Back 31

Ground

Front 32

Hacr

Back 32

Heating, Air conditioning, Refrigeration

Front 33

HDPE

Back 33

High Density polyethylene

Hint 33

Polyethylene

Front 34

HID

Back 34

High Intensity Discharge

Hint 34

Intensity

Front 35

hp

Back 35

Horse Power

Front 36

HVAC

Back 36

Heating Ventilation and air conditioning

Front 37

Hz

Back 37

Hertz (cycle per second)

Front 38

IAEI

Back 38

International Association of Electrical Inspectors

Hint 38

Inspectors

Front 39

IBT

Back 39

Interesystem Bonding Termination

Hint 39

intersystem

Front 40

IEC

Back 40

International Electrotechnical Commision

Hint 40

Electrotechnical

Front 41

IEEE

Back 41

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Hint 41

Institute

Front 42

IMC

Back 42

Intermediate Metal Conduit

Front 43

IS

Back 43

Intrinsically Safe

Front 44

ITE

Back 44

Information Technology Equipment

Front 45

KCMIL

Back 45

1000 Circular Mils

Hint 45

1000

Front 46

kVA

Back 46

Kilovolt-amperes

Front 47

kVAr

Back 47

KiloVolt-Ampere Reactive

Hint 47

Reactive

Front 48

kW

Back 48

Kilowatts

Front 49

LCDI

Back 49

Leakage-Current detector Interruptor

Hint 49

Leakage

Front 50

LED

Back 50

Light Emitting Diode

Front 51

LFMC

Back 51

Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit

Front 52

LFNC

Back 52

Liquidtight Flexible Non metal Conduit

Front 53

LNG

Back 53

Liquefied Natural Gas

Front 54

LP-GAS

Back 54

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Front 55

LRC

Back 55

Locked-Rotor Current

Hint 55

Rotor

Front 56

MDC

Back 56

Modular Data Center

Hint 56

Modular

Front 57

MG-set

Back 57

Motor-Generator Set

Hint 57

Generator

Front 58

MIDI

Back 58

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Hint 58

Musical

Front 59

MLO

Back 59

Main Lugs Only

Front 60

MSHA

Back 60

Mine Safety And Health Administration

Hint 60

Mine

Front 61

MW

Back 61

Megawatts

Front 62

NECA

Back 62

National Electrical Contractors Association

Hint 62

Contractors

Front 63

NEMA

Back 63

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

Front 64

NESC

Back 64

National Electrical Safety Code

Hint 64

Code

Front 65

NIU

Back 65

Network Interface Unit

Hint 65

Interface

Front 66

NPT

Back 66

National (American)Standard Pipe Taper

Hint 66

Pipe Taper

Front 67

NRTL

Back 67

Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory

Hint 67

Lab

Front 68

NUCC

Back 68

Nonmetallic Underground Conduit with Conductors

Front 69

OCPD

Back 69

Overcurrent protective Device

Hint 69

Over Current

Front 70

ONT

Back 70

Optical Network Terminal

Hint 70

Optical

Front 71

PCS

Back 71

Power Conversion System

Hint 71

Conversion

Front 72

PCU

Back 72

Power Conditioning Unit

Hint 72

Conditioning

Front 73

PE

Back 73

Polyethylene

Hint 73

Gas

Front 74

PF

Back 74

Power Factor

Hint 74

Factor

Front 75

PHEV

Back 75

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Front 76

PLC

Back 76

Programmable Logic Controller

Hint 76

Logic

Front 77

PLFA

Back 77

Power Limited Fire Alarm

Hint 77

Limited

Front 78

PoE

Back 78

Power Over Ethernet

Front 79

RMC

Back 79

Rigid Metal Conduit

Front 80

RMS

Back 80

Root-Mean-Square

Front 81

RNC

Back 81

Rigid Non-Metallic Conduit

Hint 81

rigid

Front 82

RPM

Back 82

Rotation Per Minute

Front 83

RTRC

Back 83

Reinforce Thermosetting Resin Conduit

Hint 83

Reinforced thermo

Front 84

SCDA

Back 84

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

Hint 84

Supervisory

Control

Front 85

SCR

Back 85

Silicone controlled Rectifier

Hint 85

Silicone

Front 86

SI

Back 86

International System of Units

Hint 86

system of units

Front 87

SPD

Back 87

Surge Protective Device

Hint 87

device

Front 88

SWD

Back 88

Switching Duty

Front 89

TEFC

Back 89

Totally Enclosed Fan-Cooled

Hint 89

Enclosed

Front 90

TR

Back 90

Tamper Resistant

Front 91

TVSS

Back 91

Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor

Hint 91

Transient

Front 92

UL

Back 92

Underwriters Laboratories

Front 93

UPS

Back 93

Uniterruptible Power Supply

Front 94

USB

Back 94

Universal Serial Bus

Hint 94

Serial

Front 95

V

Back 95

Volt

Front 96

VA

Back 96

Volt Ampere

Front 97

V ac

Back 97

Volta Alternating Current

Front 98

VAr

Back 98

Volt Ampere Reactive

Hint 98

Reactive

Front 99

V dc

Back 99

Volts Direct Current

Front 100

VOM

Back 100

Volt Ohm Multimeter

Front 101

W

Back 101

Watt

Front 102

W-hr

Back 102

Watts per Hour

Front 103

WPT

Back 103

Wireless Power Transfer

Hint 103

Wirless

Front 104

WPTE

Back 104

Wireless Power Transfer Equipment

Front 105

WR

Back 105

Weather Resistance