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(ligne électrique) ondulée

English translation: UPS / backed up / secured


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French term or phrase:(ligne électrique) ondulée
English translation:UPS / backed up / secured
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15:57 Jun 8, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / travaux dans bureaux- description
French term or phrase: (ligne électrique) ondulée
merci de m'aider à traduire "ondulée" ici. ne voyant pas vraiment ce dont il s'agit en français et étant complètement néophite! thanks a lot for yr help !

Création d’une ligne électrique normale et "ondulée" dans les bureaux
Irisgasp
Local time: 09:48
UPS / backed up / secured
Explanation:
It means a line connected to a generator or UPS unit.
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Terry Richards
France
Local time: 09:48
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3UPS / backed up / securedTerry Richards
4conditioned uninterruptible power line/supplyrkillings
4maintained supply
Tony M
1 -2rippledliz askew


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UPS / backed up / secured


Explanation:
It means a line connected to a generator or UPS unit.

Terry Richards
France
Local time: 09:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxmediamatrix
2 mins
agree  chris collister
23 mins
agree  Tony M: 'backed-up supply' would be my choice. Ought to have checked the gloss first, there are plenty of earlier entries...
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rippled


Explanation:
current - English-French Dictionary WordReference.com
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main current, courant de secteur. output current, courant de sortie. ripple current, courant ondulé. saturation current, courant de saturation ...
www.wordreference.com/enfr/current - Cached - Similar pages

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RIPPLE CURRENT GENERATOR WITH A SATURABLE SELF-INDUCTING COIL ...
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A ripple current generator for use in an induction heating apparatus, comprising a ... La présente invention concerne un générateur de courant ondulé, ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0734639.html - Similar pages
by MA Malnoe - 1997 - All 5 versions

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NWL High Voltage Snubber Capacitors - PPM Power Electronics
Ripple Current: Standard ripple current is at 55°C and normal frequency. Ripple current should be de-rated 1.5% from 55°C to 85°C. Dielectric Strength: ...
www.ppmpower.co.uk/capacitors_high_voltage_snubber/ - Cached - Similar pages

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Sadly, that wouldn't be correct in this context; as applied to current, 'ripple' is probably undesirable, whereas here, applied to a power supply, it is referring to a desirable (not to say vital!) feature.
36 mins
  -> No problem I did think it could well be a load of old rubbish.
disagree  rkillings: Not a load of rubbish, nor even a contresens. Just the wrong context.
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conditioned uninterruptible power line/supply


Explanation:
Just to throw another possibility into the ring. High-end 'onduleurs' for IT applications are typically called "power conditioners" by their manufacturers because they address other functions besides backup: surge suppression, over- and under-voltage protection, noise filtering, etc.


    Reference: http://www.rueducommerce.fr/index/onduleur%20informatique
rkillings
United States
Local time: 00:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Totally agree with your overall comments... but don't you think adding something that isn't specified in the source text (even if likely) really amounts to over-interpretation?
2 hrs
  -> No, I think it's so likely as a matter of market availability that it's the practical equivalent. Find me a UPS without surge suppression. :-)
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ligne électrique ondulée
maintained supply


Explanation:
Terry's suggestions are commonly found, but this is just an alternative that is widely used in places like hospitals, broadcasters, etc.

Strictly speaking, of course, 'maintained' can refer to any means of 'maintaining' the supply in case of mains failure — including, for example, an emergency generator; as such, it correpsonds more closely to 'secourue'.

However, unless the distinction has some specific importance, this term is widely employed to refer to systems that are backed up specifically by a UPS.

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Note added at 5 heures (2009-06-08 21:07:01 GMT)
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(Of course, the same caveat applies to 'backed-up' and 'secured' too — neither specifies the means of maintaining the supply in the event of mains failure, whereas (as Bob has kindly pointed out for us), 'ondulée' specifically does.

'UPS' doesn't either, for that matter, though the usage to mean a stand-alone DC-derived inverter system is almost universal these days.

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Note added at 17 heures (2009-06-09 09:33:22 GMT)
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The use of 'ligne' in FR might well invite one to use 'feed' in EN.

Tony M
France
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