2 wire is used to distinguish electrical connections for measurement signals which use only two connections for carrying both the power supply and signal. The most common example is a 2 wire 4-20mA current loop output.
2 wire is also used to describe a resistive thermometer that is wired so that there is no compensation for errors caused by the connecting wire on each side of the resistive thermometer. Therefore a 2 wire connected resistive thermometer will be less accurate than 3 wire, or 4 wire compensation method.
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Glossary of Measurement Signal technical terms
- 3 Wire
- 4 to 20 mA Current Loop Output Signal
- 4 Wire
- Amplified Voltage Output
- BFSG – Bonded Foil Strain Gauge
- Deadband
- FSO – Full Scale Output
- HART®
- Intrinsic Safety
- mV/V – Millivolts per Volt Output Signal
- NC – Normally Closed
- NO – Normally Open
- Piezoresistive Strain Gauges
- Rangeable
- Ratiometric
- Span
- Span Offset
- Span Sensitivity
- Square Root Extraction
- Threshold
- Totalizer
- Transducer
- Transmitter
- TSL – Terminal Straight Line
- TSS – Thermal Span or Sensitivity Shift
- Turndown Ratio
- USB
- Vented Cable
- Wheatstone Bridge Strain Gauge
- Zero Offset
- Zero Tare
Help from Measurement Signal resources
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- Why use 4-20mA and 3-15 psi rather than 0-20mA & 0-15psi
