Re: Electric vs. electrical

[Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>]

On Tuesday, January 14, 2014, Dave C <davec2468 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

>
> The phrase I've written is "electric and electronic repair". He says that
> it should be "electrical and electronic repair".
>
>
 On Thursday, January 16, 2014, Alec Chakenov <alec -dot- chakenov -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:

> I think it should be "Electronics Repair", without electric or electrical.
>
>
The difference between electronics and electrical have already been
discussed. Electronics implies micro precision scale, electrical implies
larger systems. Electronics repair people handle everything from a unit's
power supply onwards. Electrical people (electricians) usually handle
everything that connects a power supply to the power grid.

-T

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