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English translation: power earth

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Dutch term or phrase:	schakelmassa
English translation:	power earth
Entered by:	Jim Shanks

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12:36 Dec 26, 2009

Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks

Dutch term or phrase: schakelmassa

vehicle electronics (one of three earthing terms, the other two being meetmassa and regelmassa)

Jim Shanks KudoZ activity Questions: 16 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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power earth

Explanation:
Not specifically my field, but the documents below seem convincing (multilingual documentation of a respected auto builder).

-> "7.4 MASSAVERBINDINGEN
Bij elektronische systemen wordt onderscheid gemaakt tussen verschillende massaverbindingen. Er zijn twee verschillende massa's, namelijk een schakelmassa en een meetmassa."
http://www.daf.eu/SiteCollectionDocuments/Bodybuilders_info/...

-> "7.4 EARTH CONNECTIONS
When using electronic systems, a differentiation is made between earth connections. There are two different types of earth, namely power earth
and test or signal earth."
http://www.daf.eu/SiteCollectionDocuments/Bodybuilders_info/...

See also -> "In traditional electrical engineering separate earthing systems were used, for example, signal earth, computer earth, power earth, lightning earth etc. etc."
http://www.copperinfo.co.uk/power-quality/downloads/pqug/61-...