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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

meggering

German translation:

Isolationswiderstandsprüfung

Added to glossary by Steffen Walter
Jul 10, 2008 08:01
16 yrs ago
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English term

meggered, meggering

English to German Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng El. motors
"If the winding is meggered to earth ...."
"The thermistor leads should be shorted together whilst meggering takes place."

I have looked up 'megger', but still have problems expressing the above in German.
Change log

Jul 16, 2008 09:44: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/5226">Rolf Buesken (X)'s</a> old entry - "meggered, meggering"" to ""eine Isolationswiderstandsprüfung durchführen""

Proposed translations

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English term (edited): to megger
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eine Isolationswiderstandsprüfung durchführen

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Peer comment(s):

agree Herbie : in diesem Fall zw. Wicklung und Erde
25 mins
agree sci-trans : s.a. Langenscheidt Technik (megger jarg Megaohmmeter n)
1 hr
agree Detlef Mahne (X)
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "It appears that even the term 'megger' is known in German industry."
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English term (edited): megger(ing)

Isolier(ungs)prüfung

I only remember hearing the word used in the sense of "insulation testing", hence this offering.

What the first clause means - "meggering to earth" - I've no idea at all.
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