bond the supply tank

14:12 Sep 15, 2015
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English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: bond the supply tank
Bonjour à tous,

je rencontre une difficulté pour traduire ici -- bond the supply tank --

When refueling, bond the supply tank to prevent static discharge and possible fire.

le contexte est une liste de précautions à prendre pour l'utilisation de camions industriels (ici des flèches latérales)
Audrey Canalès
Canada
Local time: 03:13


Summary of answers provided
3mettre à la masse le réservoir d'alimentation
florence metzger
4 -1mettez le réservoir d'approvisionnement à la terre
FX Fraipont (X)
3relier le réservoir d'approvisionnement / alimentation
Tony M


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
mettre à la masse le réservoir d'alimentation


Explanation:
une suggestion...

florence metzger
Local time: 08:13
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Asker: merci, ça fait sens!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILOU: oui d'alimentation
1 hr
  -> merci

disagree  Tony M: In this specific instance, it is not about earth bonding, but inter-unit bonding / Only if it specified earth boinding — which it doesn't!
1 day 1 hr
  -> non c'est une manoeuvre de sécurité courante et obligatoire lorsque qu'on charge du do, kérosène .... pour éviter une accumulation de l'électricité statique
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
mettez le réservoir d'approvisionnement à la terre


Explanation:
"Encyclopédie de sécurité et de santé au travail
https://books.google.be/books?isbn=9222098161
Jeanne Mager Stellman - 2000
Les GPL sont livrés aux consommateurs par des camions - citernes de vrac qui ... de vapeurs et la mise à la terre pour dissiper les charges d ' électricité statique . ... du nettoyage des réservoirs de stockage d ' hydrocarbures et est soumis aux ..."

"bond :
Electricity. an electric conductor placed between adjacent metal parts within a structure, as in a railroad track, aircraft, or house, to prevent the accumulation of static electricity. "
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bond?&o=100074&s=t

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 08:13
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: In this specific instance, it is not about earth bonding, but inter-unit bonding / That's exactly it! It''s 'equipotential bonding' of a vrry special kind...
1 day 35 mins
  -> You're right - I've seen it many times at a tanker station - they connect the tank truck and the pump (but the pump is grounded anyway)
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
relier le réservoir d'approvisionnement / alimentation


Explanation:
à la cuve à remplir

Its is specifically local bonding BETWEEN THE TWO TANKS THEMSELVES (irrespective of whether or not either or both of them are already bonded to earth.

This is a vital concept to ensure that both tanks are at the same potential, hence no possibility of static build up can exist; where this to be referring to earth bonding, ti would definitely say so specifically.

Tony M
France
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