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upwiring

English translation: installation wiring

03:12 Jan 10, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
English term or phrase: upwiring
what is "upwiring" supposed to mean in an electrical wiring board?

wires that are going upwards to another unit
Yasin Koç
Local time: 02:02
Selected answer:installation wiring
Explanation:
Pure guess - meaning 'wiring placed during installation' as opposed to 'wiring in already in place in the unit as delivered'.

The only potentially relevant ghit I see is:

<a href="#2">INSTALLATION MANUAL</a>
Prior to upwiring. Make sure to ensure strain relief of all cables by correctly mount-. ing the PG nipples and PG nuts (accessories supplied with the ...
207.45.127.154/daikin/Techdownloads/tabid/142/DMXModule/823/Command/Core_Download/Default.aspx?EntryId=1374

but the English of this document is not entirely natural, and it appears that the author (translator?) thought that 'upwiring' was the noun form of the expression 'to wire up'. Here it probably means something like 'installation and connection of the wiring'

By the way, if you do a search **do not open** the 'Maytag Refrigerator' site at ';www.allhomecomefort...'' because it contains an irritating popup that tries to install a 'malware detector' on your computer.
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Ken Cox
Local time: 01:02
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
1 +1installation wiring
Ken Cox


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installation wiring


Explanation:
Pure guess - meaning 'wiring placed during installation' as opposed to 'wiring in already in place in the unit as delivered'.

The only potentially relevant ghit I see is:

<a href="#2">INSTALLATION MANUAL</a>
Prior to upwiring. Make sure to ensure strain relief of all cables by correctly mount-. ing the PG nipples and PG nuts (accessories supplied with the ...
207.45.127.154/daikin/Techdownloads/tabid/142/DMXModule/823/Command/Core_Download/Default.aspx?EntryId=1374

but the English of this document is not entirely natural, and it appears that the author (translator?) thought that 'upwiring' was the noun form of the expression 'to wire up'. Here it probably means something like 'installation and connection of the wiring'

By the way, if you do a search **do not open** the 'Maytag Refrigerator' site at ';www.allhomecomefort...'' because it contains an irritating popup that tries to install a 'malware detector' on your computer.

Ken Cox
Local time: 01:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 128

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orientalhorizon: reads like "to be connected to XXXX".
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