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tripping out

10:57 Jan 3, 2013
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English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / condenser
English term or phrase: tripping out
condenser cleaning is very important to air conditioning equipment. A blocked condenser can lead to condensers tripping out on hot days.....

Reverso m'offre comme définition de trip out: to disconnect or be disconnected; to stop or to be stopped by means of a trip switch or trip button
http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/anglais-definition/trip out



Merci de votre aide
mimi 254
Local time: 13:15


Summary of answers provided
4 +1se mettre en sécurité
FX Fraipont (X)
3 +1faire disjoncter
Cyril B.
3 -1mettre hors circuit
Christine Correcher


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
mettre hors circuit


Explanation:
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Christine Correcher
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Not an accurate technical translation of the action described in the source text here.
14 hrs
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
faire disjoncter


Explanation:
un condensateur bloqué peut faire disjoncter le circuit/l'installation...

Cyril B.
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 93
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
45 mins
  -> Merci Gilou
neutral  Tony M: I think that's over-interpretation; the source term 'trip out' (note: intransitive verb!) suggests it is the condenser itself, unlike if it were 'to trip (sthg)' (transitive verb); and it might not be an actual 'circuit disconnect' trip.
13 hrs
  -> 'le circuit/l'installation' is not an "external device" :) My suggestion just says that the condenser breaks the circuit, whatever the method used. This translates the meaning well imo (if not the litteral words... but do condensers 'trip out'? not sure)
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
se mettre en sécurité


Explanation:
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 14:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 2126
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, we don't know here exactly what element is actually 'tripped', but this is just the sort of term used when, for example, a boiler 'trips out'. Also 'se met en alarme'.
13 hrs
  -> thanks Tony!
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