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English translation: critical loads

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Dutch term or phrase:	kritische verbruikers
English translation:	critical loads
Entered by:	Ilke Fabritius

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08:27 Oct 28, 2005

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Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng

Dutch term or phrase: kritische verbruikers

Kritische verbruikers: Dit zijn verbruikers die ononderbroken via een No-Break installatie worden gevoed. (referring to equipment in an industrial building)

Is the term "critical consumers" used in this context?

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Ilke Fabritius KudoZ activity Questions: 78 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 12:43

vital or key consumers/users

Explanation:
critical consumers can be construed as consumers who are critical of something rather that vitally require the service

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-10-28 08:34:48 GMT)
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spot that mistake - that should be than

Selected response from:

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 12:43

Grading comment

Thanks Kenneth for suggesting "loads", it brought me to "critical loads" (lots of hits in UPS context)
1 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

vital or key consumers/users

Dave Calderhead

power-critical userrs

Jack den Haan

critical points of consumption

WIDIC

nonstop consumers

DutchConnection

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

vital or key consumers/users

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 12:43
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 36

Grading comment

Thanks Kenneth for suggesting "loads", it brought me to "critical loads" (lots of hits in UPS context)

13 mins confidence:

critical points of consumption

Explanation:
Source: Brandstetter

WIDIC
Germany
Local time: 12:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

nonstop consumers

Explanation:
Consumers here refers to the equipment.
Consumers requiring nonstop power for critical installations, i.e. no-break power supply.
Nonstop = without pause or interruptions (Collins English Dictionary).

Reference: http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/soc/soc103.html

DutchConnection
Local time: 11:43
Native speaker of:

English,

Dutch

2 hrs confidence:

power-critical userrs

Explanation:
http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/ari/ari193.html:
Op amps target space- and power-critical use
A new range of single-supply, rail-to-rail input/output, low-power op amps in space-saving 5-pin SOT-23 packages operates over a variety of bandwidths ranging from 10kHz to 10MHz.

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Note added at 2 hrs 34 mins (2005-10-28 11:02:10 GMT)
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erratum: power-critical users

Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 12:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English
PRO pts in category: 103

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