Automotive Glossary


Automotive Glossary

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F

Feeler Gauge

Set of accurate blades used to set or measure small gaps (valve clearances for example).

Ferrites

These are chemical compounds, ceramic with iron oxide as their main components. Many of them are magnetic materials and they are used to make permanent magnets, ferrite cores for transformers, and in various other high tech applications.

Ferrous

Describes any metal composed of or containing iron, such as low-carbon steel, stainless steel, etc.

FI

Fuel Injection

Fibreglass

Very fine fibres of glass that are supplied as reels of single fibres or spun together as woven matting. It is used in the manufacture of glass-reinforced vehicle bodies, panels, and for component parts and repairs on automobile bodies.

Field (Magnetic)

A magnetic flux about a permanent magnet or live electrical conductor.

Field Circuit

An electrical control circuit for the field coils used to regulate the output from a generator.

Field Coil

An electrical winding round a magnet pole shoe that is used to create a magnetic field when an electrical current flows through the windings. The direction of current flow determines the polarity of the magnetic pole. Used in generators and electrical motors.

Field Coil (Winding)

An electrical winding round a magnet pole shoe that is used to create a magnetic field when an electrical current flows through the windings. The direction of current flow determines the polarity of the magnetic pole. Used in generators and electrical motors.

Filament (Bulb)

The tungsten element in a bulb that glows to produce light.


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