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  2. Ground (electricity) - Wikipedia

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    Permanently installed electrical equipment, unless not required to, has permanently connected grounding conductors. Portable electrical devices with metal cases may have them connected to earth ground by a pin on the attachment plug (see AC power plugs and sockets). The size of power grounding conductors is usually regulated by local or ...

  3. AAI RQ-7 Shadow - Wikipedia

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    The Shadow 200 system also includes a Portable Ground Control Station (PGCS) and Portable Ground Data Terminal (PGDT), which are stripped-down versions of the GCS and GDT designed as a backup to the two GCSs. [6] A fielded Shadow 200 system requires 22 soldiers to operate it.

  4. UAV ground control station - Wikipedia

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    UAV ground control station (GCS) is a land- or sea-based control centre that provides the facilities for human control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or "drones"). [1] It may also refer to a system for controlling rockets within or above the atmosphere , but this is typically described as a Mission Control Centre .

  5. Earthing system - Wikipedia

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    The "local" Earth/Ground electrode provides "system grounding" [13] at each building where it is installed. The "Grounded" current carrying conductor is the system "neutral". Australian and New Zealand standards use a modified protective multiple earthing (PME [ 14 ] ) system called multiple earthed neutral (MEN).

  6. Man-portable radar - Wikipedia

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    The Ground Observer 12 (GO 12) is a medium-range pulse-doppler radar for ground and coastal surveillance. The system (MTBF > 7100 h) is made in Ditzingen, Germany. The main component, the sensor unit, only weighs 16 kg, which makes it a highly mobile system. The GO 12 uses mechanical scan technology with a continuous coverage of an angle of ...

  7. The 7 Best Grounding Mats to Alleviate Anxiety and Insomnia - AOL

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    This Easily Portable Grounding Mat hetester-grounding-mat-amazon This set (which comes in two sizes) includes a flexible grounding mat, a long cable and a handy bag for easy traveling and storage.

  8. Residual-current device - Wikipedia

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    A residual-current device (RCD), residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) [a] is an electrical safety device, more specifically a form of Earth-leakage circuit breaker, that interrupts an electrical circuit when the current passing through line and neutral conductors of a circuit is not equal (the term residual relating to the imbalance), therefore ...

  9. Man-portable air-defense system - Wikipedia

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    Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft, especially helicopters and also used against low-flying cruise missiles. These short-range missiles can also be fired from vehicles, tripods, weapon platforms, and warships.