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ampèretangen

English translation: current clamp


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Dutch term or phrase:ampèretangen
English translation:current clamp
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20:47 Sep 24, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
Dutch term or phrase: ampèretangen
for measuring amperage evidently - but what are the tangen ?
Andre de Vries
Local time: 13:12
current clamp
Explanation:
knijper om aan een elektrode vast te klemmen. Zie plaatjes
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pjau
Local time: 06:12
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4 +2current clamp
pjau


  

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amperetangen
current clamp


Explanation:
knijper om aan een elektrode vast te klemmen. Zie plaatjes


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pjau
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agree  Jack den Haan: Agree with your translation and the relevancy of the images, but the idea is that the clamp is opened and put around a cable (e.g.), forming a magnetic loop. The resulting induction in the clamp is a measure for the current flowing through the conductor.
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  -> Well explained, Jack! Thx

agree  RtooDtoo
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Changes made by editors
Oct 9, 2007 - Changes made by pjau:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Sep 24, 2007 - Changes made by Antoinette Verburg:
Term askedamperetangen => ampèretangen


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