Re: Electric vs. electrical

[Dave C <davec2468 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Whereas “electric engineer” would need no organic fuel but would be very expensive to operate!

OK, I’m leaning toward “electrical”—it does seem more natural to say “electrical repair”. I was getting a bit over-analytical I think. If I were to take this any further I’d take Peter’s suggestion and hand out different versions and poll the target audience. 

Thank you to all who contributed. 

Cheers,
Dave


On 15 Jan 2014, at 1:14 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:

> In the classic definitions, "Electrical" means "related to electricity," while "electric" refers to electricity as a power source (generation, transmission or consumption).  An electrical engineer works on electric generators, electric power lines, electric motors, etc.
> 
> Gene Kim-Eng


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