Agency Procurement Authority. The authority to enter into contracts and agreement on behalf of the State is primarily derived from ARS Â§ 41-2501, et seq., the Arizona Procurement Code. In accordance with R2-7-203 pursuant to the Procurement Code, SPO manages the further delegation of Procurement Authority to the agencies.
AFCIs (arc-fault circuit-interrupters) protect against fire by continuously monitoring the electrical current in a circuit and shutting off the circuit when unintended arcing occurs. These devices are designed to discriminate between unintended arcing and the type of arcing that occurs when a switch is operated.
Analogue switch. The analogue (or analog) switch, also called the bilateral switch, is an electronic component that behaves in a similar way to a relay, but has no moving parts. The switching element is normally a pair of MOSFET transistors, one an N-channel device, the other a P-channel device.