120er-Schaltkästen - 120 mm control boxes ( translation glossary) Measuring technology, analog interfaces,Engineering (general),Tech/Engineering

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German term or phrase:	120er-Schaltkästen
English translation:	120 mm control boxes
Entered by:	Bhupali Gupte

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3:10pm Apr 2, 2004

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German term or phrase: 120er-Schaltkästen

Weitläufige Applikationen können durch Installation in dezentralen 120er-Schaltkästen realisiert werden

What is \'120er\'?

Many thanks !!!

Bhupali Gupte

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Germany

120 mm switchboxes

Explanation:
AEG - [ Translate this page ]
... schnellaufglühende Kochzone 1700 W/120/180 mm; Gesamtanschlusswert: 6400 Watt; Kombinationsmöglichkeiten:
COMPETENCE Einbau-Herde und -Schaltkästen der Klassen ...
www.onlinekaufberater.de/aeg/aeg_2.html - 36k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 20 mins (2004-04-02 15:30:17 GMT)
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may be referring to a ventilation or heating zone rather than to just the switchbox itself. Hard to tell without sentences before and after. Could even be referencing the amount of switchboxes used on a project (highly unlikely), but again without more content it is difficult to say.

Hope it helps!

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RNolder
United States

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks RNolder!! I think it does mean 120mm. I found some clues in the text later that suggest that it does mean 120 mm. I must have been tooo tired that day and your suggestion pointed out the way!! Thanks..

Kenneth your explanation was also very useful. Solved the 'er' problem. Thanks !!!
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Summary of answers provided

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120 mm switchboxes

RNolder

120-series or 120-position

Ken Cox

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

120 mm switchboxes

Explanation:
AEG - [ Translate this page ]
... schnellaufglühende Kochzone 1700 W/120/180 mm; Gesamtanschlusswert: 6400 Watt; Kombinationsmöglichkeiten:
COMPETENCE Einbau-Herde und -Schaltkästen der Klassen ...
www.onlinekaufberater.de/aeg/aeg_2.html - 36k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 20 mins (2004-04-02 15:30:17 GMT)
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may be referring to a ventilation or heating zone rather than to just the switchbox itself. Hard to tell without sentences before and after. Could even be referencing the amount of switchboxes used on a project (highly unlikely), but again without more content it is difficult to say.

Hope it helps!

RNolder
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Note from asker to answerer

1 hr confidence:

120-series or 120-position

Explanation:
In my experience, XXer is commonly used in German to refer either to a model line (e.g. 3er BMW) or to the number of positions or capacity of something (e.g. 3er Sessellift = 3-person chair lift).

Here in the absence of any other context I would guess that this referes to a model or series (120-series), since no matter how you translate Schaltkast, something that could accommodate 120 items wold be quite unusually large.

I suppose that 120er could also mean 120-mm, but I've never seen this usage, and a 120-mm electrical cabinet or breaker box would be rather small.

Ken Cox
Netherlands
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 366

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German: 120er-Schaltkästen

English translation: 120 mm control boxes