German translation: Neutralpunkt/Sternpunkt/Neutralleiter
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English to German translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Stromversorgung in einem IT-Leitfaden
English term or phrase:neutral
ground means dedicated ground, not neutral
der Satz davor:
the distribution panel insulated ground point must have a grounding wire connecting to either a service ground or a suitable building ground.
Explanation: Ich sehe keinen Hinweis darauf, daß ein PEN-Leiter (früher Nulleiter genannt) gemeint ist, daß also der Nulleiter außerdem ein Schutzleiter sein soll.
Explanation: Ich sehe keinen Hinweis darauf, daß ein PEN-Leiter (früher Nulleiter genannt) gemeint ist, daß also der Nulleiter außerdem ein Schutzleiter sein soll.
Explanation: the distribution panel insulated ground point must have a grounding wire connecting to either a service ground or a suitable building ground.
ground means dedicated ground, not neutral
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Der isolierte Schalttafel-Erdungsanslchluß muß über einen Erdungsleiter an Betriebeserde óder eine geeigneten Gebäudeerdung (Fundamenterder) angeschlossen werden.
Erdung bedeutet eine gesonderte Erdung, nicht Neutral.
EN earthing conductor
grounding conductor (US)
earth conductor (deprecated)
conductor which provides a conductive path, or part of the conductive path, between a given point in a system or in an installation or in equipment and an earth electrode
DE Erdungsleiter http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...
EN foundation earth electrode
conductive part buried in the soil under a building foundation or, preferably, embedded in concrete of a building foundation, generally in form of a closed loop
DE Fundamenterder, m http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...
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Definitions
Ground or earth in a mains (AC power) electrical wiring system is a conductor that provides a low impedance path to the earth to prevent hazardous voltages from appearing on equipment (the terms "ground" (North American practice) and "earth" (most other English-speaking countries) are used synonymously here). Normally a grounding conductor does not carry current.
Neutral is a circuit conductor (that carries current in normal operation), which is connected to earth (or ground) generally at the service panel with the main disconnecting switch or breaker.
In a polyphase or three-wire (single-phase) AC system, the neutral conductor is intended to have similar voltages to each of the other circuit conductors. By this definition, a circuit must have at least three wires for one to serve as a neutral.
In the electrical trade, the conductor of a 2-wire circuit that is connected to the supply neutral point and earth ground is also referred to as the "neutral". This is formally described in the US and Canadian electrical codes as the "identified" circuit conductor.[1]
The NEC and Canadian electrical code only define neutral as the first of these. In North American use, the second definition is used in less formal language but not in official specifications. In the UK the IET definition of a neutral conductor is one connected to the supply system neutral point, which includes both these uses.
All neutral wires of the same electrical system should have the same electrical potential, because they are all connected together through the system ground. Neutral conductors are usually insulated for the same voltage as the line conductors, with interesting exceptions.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_and_neutral
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Hinweis: Bezieht man "neutral" auf Leiter, so beduetet Neutral hier kein Potential gegen Erde zu besitzen, also Nullpotential aufzuweisen. Trotzdem kann ein neutraler Leiter betriebsmäßig Strom führen. Das sollte bei Erde nie der Fall sein.
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