electric line
Overhead power cable
An electric line is a cable or wire that carries electrical current, typically the overhead or underground conductors that transmit power from generating stations to homes and businesses.
The term often refers to the visible wires strung between utility poles: The storm brought down electric lines across the county.
Also called power line.
- wireThin metallic conductor
- power gridLinked transmission system
- groundingConnecting to earth
- currentDirected flow of charge
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
conductor · capacitance · voltage · inductance · Ohm's law · lineman · meter reader · power pole · insulator · electromagnetic field · resistance · circuit breaker · junction box · substation · terminal · surge protection · transformer · live wire
- utilitieswater supply, public utilities, gas service, gas, power
- utility lineswater main, gas main
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, tracks
electric linegas main
Primary underground fuel conduit
gas line · water main · water line · sewer line · telephone line
electric, line, electricity, electrical, electrically, electrician, electron, electronic, electronics