return wire
return wire
[ri′tərn ‚wīr] (electricity)
The ground wire, common wire, or negative wire of a direct-current power circuit.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in classic literature
If absent, please
return wire to Sir Henry Baskerville, Northumberland Hotel..
If you have a car frame, you can eliminate the wire returning to the low voltage terminal by grounding the
return wire to the frame, and allowing the current to flow through the steel metal of the frame.
An ancillary conductor train will install the earthing wires,
return wires and small parts such as registration arms and other equipment.
The other (COM) terminal of the surge generator was connected, using 4 long insulated
return wires, to 4 auxiliary vertical ground electrodes buried at some distance (10-20 m) behind the station fence (Fig.
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