Electrical and electronic automotive parts.
Electrical Current terms The three main terms used in electricity are; (1) Ampere or Amp, which denotes the measure of current flow. (2) Volt, denoting the measure of electrical force or pressure. (3 ...
Electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) Electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD or EBFD), Electronic brakeforce limitation (EBL) is an automobile brake technology that automatically varies the amoun ...
Electronic instrument cluster In an automobile, an electronic instrument cluster, digital instrument panel or digital dash for short, is a set of instrumentation, including the speedometer, that is d ...
Electronic stability control Electronic Stability Control (ESC), also referred to as electronic stability program (ESP) or dynamic stability control (DSC), is a computerized technology that improves ...
Electronic throttle control Electronic throttle control (ETC) is an automobile technology which connects the accelerator pedal to the throttle, replacing a mechanical linkage. Most automobiles alread ...
Emergency brake assist (EBA) Emergency brake assist (EBA) or Brake Assist (BA or BAS) is a generic term for an automobile braking technology that increases braking pressure in an emergency situation. ...
Front fog lamps Front fog lamps provide a wide, bar-shaped beam of light with a sharp cutoff at the top, and are generally aimed and mounted low . They may produce white or selective yellow light, an ...
Fuel gauge workings A fuel gauge (or gas gauge) is an instrument used to indicate the level of fuel contained in a tank.Commonly used in cars, these may also be used for any tank including undergroun ...
Hall effect sensor explained A Hall effect sensor is a transducer that varies its output voltage in response to a magnetic field. Hall effect sensors are used for proximity switching, positioning, sp ...
Hazard Light flashers Also called "hazards", "hazard warning flashers", "hazard warning lights", "4-way flashers", or simply "flashers". International regulations require vehicles to be equipped with ...
Car Head-up display explained A head-up display or heads-up display—also known as a HUD—is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. ...
Car Headlamp Bulb Types Tungsten The first electric headlamp light source was the tungsten filament, operating in a vacuum or inert-gas atmosphere inside the headlamp bulb or sealed beam. Compared to ...
Car Headlamps explained A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to light the road ahead. Headlamp performance has steadily improved throughout the automobile age, spurred by the great ...
High tension (HT) leads High tension leads or high tension cables or spark plug wires or spark plug cables are the wires that connect a distributor, ignition coil, or magneto to each of the spark plu ...
Car Horn types and history Oliver Lucas of Birmingham, England developed a standard electric car horn in 1910. Automobile horns are usually electric, driven by a flat circular steel diaphragm that ha ...