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19:34 May 16, 2019 |
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French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation | |||||
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| Selected response from: Francis Murphy (X) Canada Local time: 03:16 | ||||
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5 +4 | arc chute; interrupter chamber |
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5 +1 | Arcing chamber (arc chamber, arc-quench chamber) |
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3 | cutoff chamber (cut off ...)) |
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2 | breaking chamber |
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chambre de coupure breaking chamber Explanation: This is one term I've come across, but you'll really need to check it by your own research. |
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arc chute; interrupter chamber Explanation: This is an area in high voltage switchgear (as in a power substation) where a high current is interrupted through the opening of the switch contacts. The resulting arc must be quenched, usually through a blast of air or other means, within this space, since the arc is a continuation of the current through the air or other dielectric surrounding the contact set. The target terms above are from the hard copy "Dictionnaire Malgorn des sciences et techniques, FR/AN, Daniel Gouadec, 7th ed., p. 100. Online, check out Switchgear and its links in Wikipedia, or commercial brochures. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2019-05-16 22:01:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- When I was a young engineering student, I had a summer job cleaning these switch contacts and inspecting the interrupter chambers for the New Brunswick (Canada) Electric Power Commission. Example sentence(s):
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