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Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) | | French term or phrase: cuvette de branchement | Fourniture et pose de chambres de tirage avec tampon type 125 KN et mise à niveau, pour les réseaux H.T et B.T.
CUVETTE DE BRANCHEMENT
Fourniture et pose de regard 40 x 40 béton, y compris réhausse et tampon fonte.
RACCORDEMENT DES FOURREAUX SUR RESEAUX EXISTANT
This comes from a specifications document. The section quoted deals with instructions for telecommunications installations. My question is this: what does "cuvette de branchement" mean? Apart from this instance, the term occurs nowhere else in the doument. |
| David HayesKudoZ activityQuestions: 10 (none open) ( 3 closed without grading) Answers: 27
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| | English translation:junction chamber | Explanation:
A cuvette de branchement is a "hopper" for rainwater downpipes, where two pipes feed into one, and is also a kind of pre-terminalled junction box for electrical systems, where, as far as I can make out, one cable is connected to several others (or vice versa).
In your case it would appear to be neither, and since it has a concrete slab on top of it, I imagine it is a concrete chamber, akin to the chambres de tirage also mentioned, going under a fancy name. I would probably call a "junction chamber". |
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| Grading comment I think this is a very good suggestion, but I'm not sure we can say that the English rendering is 100% certain. Thanks a lot.
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Explanation:
A cuvette de branchement is a "hopper" for rainwater downpipes, where two pipes feed into one, and is also a kind of pre-terminalled junction box for electrical systems, where, as far as I can make out, one cable is connected to several others (or vice versa).
In your case it would appear to be neither, and since it has a concrete slab on top of it, I imagine it is a concrete chamber, akin to the chambres de tirage also mentioned, going under a fancy name. I would probably call a "junction chamber".
| xxxBourth
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| | Grading comment | I think this is a very good suggestion, but I'm not sure we can say that the English rendering is 100% certain. Thanks a lot. |
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Asker: Hi, this answer looks very promising. I typed 'cable junction chamber' and followed up a few leads on the internet. I have a sense that the 'cuvette de branchement' in this case is some sort of convergence point in the system, with access for the engineers to see what's going on there. Would you have any opinion on the appropriateness of Chris Collister's suggestion? I follwoed up 'cable pit' too, but this seems to be a more general term that could apply to many structures.
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