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let-through or "clamping" voltage

Spanish translation: tension/voltaje residual

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English term or phrase:	"clamping" voltage
Spanish translation:	tension/voltaje residual
Entered by:	Maria

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18:45 Feb 7, 2003

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Electricity

English term or phrase: let-through or "clamping" voltage

is part of a list of requirementes:

let-through or "clamping" voltage of 330 or less

Maria KudoZ activity Questions: 298 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 2688
Local time: 04:46

Tensión residual / Tensión de enclavamiento

Explanation:
No encontré una traducción 'oficial' de 'let-through voltage', pero en base al concepto indicado en la referencia, una traducción adecuada es 'tensión residual', que es el valor del pico de tensión transitorio que llega al equipo protegido después de haber sido *limitado* por un dispositivo de protección contra esos fenómenos.

El término 'clamping voltage' se traduce comúnmente como 'tensión de enclavamiento', y tiene el mismo significado del término anterior.

Ref.:

http://www.npowerny.org/faqs for surge protectors.pdf

Let-Through
Voltage
The residual transient voltage that would appear across equipment
after an upstream surge protection device has operated. It is
important to remember that the "let-through" voltage is the sum of
the voltage drop across the surge protector itself plus the voltage
drops that appear across the wiring that connects the protector to
the power lines. The protector clamping voltage is only one part of
the let-through voltage and frequently is of secondary importance
to the wiring drop.

(+) Experiencia como ingeniero electrónico.

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Note added at 2003-02-08 01:42:24 (GMT)
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Los \'330\' son Volt.

Selected response from:

Raúl Waldman
Argentina
Local time: 06:46

Grading comment

Thank you, Raul, I turned in the translation prior to your giving me the answer. I came up with almost the same translation but translated "let-through" as índice de paso and clamping voltage as "voltaje residual". Gracias por confirmar que mi traducción no estuvo muy fuera de la marca.
Saludos afectuosos. Maria. ;o)

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