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What do the acronyms stand for?

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What do the acronyms stand for?

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PIR Periodic Inspection Report PIR Passive Infra-Red PAT Portable Appliance Test EIC Electrical Installation Certificate MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker RCD Residual Current Device. The generic name given to a range of circuit breakers that protect against earth fault (leakage) currents. RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker RCBO Residual Current Circuit Breaker with overcurrent protection NICEIC National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (now just NICEIC) ESC Electrical Safety Council HSE Health and Safety Executive V Volt – electrical force. Domestic mains electricity is 230V W Watt – Power often KW Kilowatt – 1000 A Amp – The unit of the flow of electricity (I) I Electrical Current – the flow of electricity measured in Amps (A) CF Compact Fluorescent (low energy lamps) PL A CF lamp type coined by ‘Philips Lighting’.

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TEFL- Teaching English as a Foreign Language It is where English is a completely unknown language never used in everyday life like in China or Spain TESOL Teaching English as a Second Language TESOL is relevant mainly where English is known and used but it is not the mother tongue of the people.