Mains Electricity
Mains is the general-purpose electricity or electric alternating-current (AC). Hence, mains power is electric power. In the US, electric power is referred to by several names including household power, household electricity, house current, powerline, domestic power, wall power, line power, AC power, city power, street power, and grid power. In many parts of Canada, it is called hydro, because much of the Canadian electrical generating capacity is hydroelectric.
Read more about Mains Electricity: Mains Power Systems, Building Wiring, Voltage Levels, History of Voltage and Frequency, Voltage Regulation
Famous quotes containing the word electricity:
“There are two great unknown forces to-day, electricity and woman, but men can reckon much better on electricity than they can on woman.”
—Josephine K. Henry, U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, ch. 15, by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper (1902)