Use of materials or components in a design at less than their rated characteristics (such as power dissipation or current-carrying capacity) to enhance the long-term reliability of the end product. Part manufacturers usually specify a derating factor to be used when a part is to be operated above a certain temperature.
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Derating is a scheme to encourage agriculture and industry by relieving them of a portion or the whole rates normally payable. the principle was introduced by Winston Churchill in the Budget of 1928 and incorporated in the Local Government (Derating) Act of 1929. The Act relieved agricultural land of the whole, and productive industry of three-quar...
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Calculations that reduce standard tabulated ratings based, generally based on ambient temperature or proximity to a heat source.
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The production of energy by a system or appliance at a level less than its design or nominal capacity.
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