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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Hydraulic loading arm | | French term or phrase: prise du commerce | DECONNEXION ELECTRIQUE
En présence de détecteurs sur la partie basse du Style 80, il existe un système de déconnexion électrique réalisé à partir de prise du commerce.
The context is a marine (hydraulic) loading arm. The 'Style 80' is a type of swivel joint on the arm. The electrical disconnection feature is an integrated safety mechanism - all this is clear, but unless I am missing something really obvious, what on earth is the 'prise du commerce' referring to? |
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| | commercially-available plug | Explanation:
...or '...plug-&-socket combination', if it is talking about the mating pair.
That's what I'd usually understand it to mean; you might also say 'standard' or 'off-the-shelf', but I think 'commercially-available' is clearest.
It means 'as distinct from a custom designed and built device'
I don't think this is an 'integrated safety device'; I believe it simply means that 'where detectors are fitted on the lower part, they can be disconnected if necessary using a mating pair of commercially-available connectors [or plug & socket]'
Clearly, if you start fitting extra bits onto this lower arm or whatever, you need to provide a way of disconnecting them in the event that the arm has to be dismantled for some reason... |
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 Tony M
France
Local time: 23:31
| Grading comment Indeed - and I had wondered if it simply meant this - and then dismissed it as I had never actually come across the expression 'du commerce' used in this way. Thanks for clearing this up.
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 commercially-available plug
Explanation:
...or '...plug-&-socket combination', if it is talking about the mating pair.
That's what I'd usually understand it to mean; you might also say 'standard' or 'off-the-shelf', but I think 'commercially-available' is clearest.
It means 'as distinct from a custom designed and built device'
I don't think this is an 'integrated safety device'; I believe it simply means that 'where detectors are fitted on the lower part, they can be disconnected if necessary using a mating pair of commercially-available connectors [or plug & socket]'
Clearly, if you start fitting extra bits onto this lower arm or whatever, you need to provide a way of disconnecting them in the event that the arm has to be dismantled for some reason...
| Tony M
France
Local time: 23:31
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 489
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| | Grading comment | Indeed - and I had wondered if it simply meant this - and then dismissed it as I had never actually come across the expression 'du commerce' used in this way. Thanks for clearing this up. |
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24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 standard socket / plug
Explanation:
just an ordinary one available from a store
| Sue Pasco
Local time: 23:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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