Reference
Glossary
Terms as this catalog uses them. Where a standard or program is involved, what its publisher says is linked under the term; nothing here explains a technology in the site’s own words.
- Prerequisite
Something a listing assumes a reader already has before the thing it sells can do what it says: a network, an assistant, a phone, somewhere for water, a door, or a supply of parts. This site counts six of them, and a listing’s silence about one is recorded as silence, not as absence.
See: Requirements · Prerequisite Check
- 2.4 GHz band
The band that five listings here print, spelled 2.4 GHz or 2.4G. The federal rule at 47 CFR § 15.247 is titled for operation within bands that include 2400–2483.5 MHz. The site links the rule and does not explain radio.
See: A 2.4 GHz network
- 5 GHz band
A band no listing in this catalog prints. Federal technical requirements for devices in bands beginning at 5.15–5.25 GHz are published in 47 CFR § 15.407. The term is here only because a listing that prints 2.4 GHz only is, by its own wording, not naming this one.
See: 2.4 GHz band
Source: 47 CFR § 15.407, General technical requirements for U-NII devices (Cornell LII)
- Hub
A go-between device that some connected products use. Five listings here print the words no hub required, and no listing here names a hub it needs.
- Matter
A smart home standard published by the Connectivity Standards Alliance. One listing here names it, beside several assistant names; the site counts Matter on its own and adds nothing about how it works.
- Voice assistant
Software a household speaks to, which some devices can be operated through. Ten listings here print at least one of the assistant names the site counts, and the site confirms no compatibility beyond the names printed.
See: A voice assistant · Assistant Check
- Smart plug
A plug-in outlet that its listing says can be switched through a network, an app or an assistant. Six listings here carry Smart Plug in their titles. The site repeats their amp and watt figures as printed and gives no advice about what may be plugged into them.
- RF remote outlet
This glossary’s name for a plug-in outlet switched by a handheld remote that comes in the box. None of the four kit listings here prints the letters RF; they print a remote and a range, and the site files them as remote-control outlets.
- Learning code
Words both BN-LINK kit listings print:
a learning code remote system
. Neither listing explains the phrase, so the site records it as printed and explains nothing further.- HEPA
An acronym EPA gives as high efficiency particulate air filter, as officially defined by the U.S. Department of Energy. On a listing it is the seller’s word; seven listings here print HEPA or H13.
See: HEPA and H13
Source: EPA: What is a HEPA filter?
- H13
Letters printed by one listing here, beside true HEPA. The site could not tie them to a published document it was able to open and link, so it repeats them as printed and explains nothing.
See: HEPA and H13
- CADR
Clean Air Delivery Rate: the name AHAM Verifide gives its standard for measuring an air cleaner, and the rating EPA’s guide says most portable air cleaners are rated by. None of the listings in this catalog prints a CADR figure.
See: AHAM Verifide
Source: AHAM Verifide: Air Filtration Standards · EPA: Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home
- AHAM Verifide
A certification program run by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, an industry association, rather than by a government agency. Four listings here print AHAM.
See: AHAM Verifide
Source: AHAM Verifide (Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers)
- Energy Star
The program that describes itself as the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Three listings here print it, every one of them a dehumidifier.
See: Energy Star · Dehumidifiers
Source: ENERGY STAR: About ENERGY STAR
- ETL
A certification mark run by Intertek, which describes itself on its ETL page as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory; OSHA runs the program that recognizes such laboratories. Printed on a listing, ETL is the seller’s claim, and the site looked up no certificate.
See: ETL and FCC
Source: Intertek: ETL Listed Mark · OSHA: Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Program
- FCC Part 15
47 CFR Part 15, the part of the federal rules titled for radio frequency devices. Listings here print FCC certification or FCC listing without naming a rule part, so the site attaches none to them.
See: ETL and FCC · 2.4 GHz band
Source: 47 CFR Part 15, Radio Frequency Devices (Cornell LII)
- UL listing
A certification mark from UL Solutions, which publishes a hub describing its marks. No listing in this catalog prints UL; one prints UP Certified, which the site does not read as UL or as anything else.
See: ETL and FCC
- Ozone generator
Here, only what regulators publish: EPA has a page titled “Ozone Generators that are Sold as Air Cleaners”, and California’s regulation on Indoor Air Cleaning Devices, Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17, §§ 94800–94810, refers in § 94804 to an ozone emission standard of 0.050 ppm. One listing in this catalog states an ozone generator, and the site does not call it an air purifier.
See: An ozone generator
Source: EPA: Ozone Generators that are Sold as Air Cleaners · California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Subchapter 8.7: Indoor Air Cleaning Devices (Cornell LII) · Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 94804, Certification Requirements (Cornell LII)
- Desiccant
A word no listing in this catalog prints. The Eva-Dry states
a renewable filling
, and the site files it under that phrase rather than under a word its listing does not use.See: Renewable filling
- Pint rating
A dehumidifier capacity printed in pints. ENERGY STAR describes capacity as water removed per day, reported in pints/day. Four listings here print pints, and one of them adds per day.
- Tank capacity
The size of the container a dehumidifier holds water in, as its listing prints it. Two listings here give it in ounces, and none of that compares with a pint rating.
- Continuous drainage
Words printed by one listing here, the Midea rated at
50 pints
. The site gives no instructions for setting drainage up; that belongs to the manufacturer’s manual.- Deadbolt
The lock form five lock listings here name. The Yamiry is
a digital knob lock with a handle
, not a deadbolt, though the catalog filed it among the deadbolts. The site gives no fitting instructions for either.- BHMA grade
A grade on the scale BHMA publishes: many ANSI/BHMA standards define grade 1, 2, or 3, with grade 1 being the highest. Two lock listings here print a grade, and the site draws no security claim from any of them.
See: ANSI and BHMA grade