presa bipasso

English translation: 2-pin socket

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Italian term or phrase:	presa bipasso
English translation:	2-pin socket

10:23 Aug 20, 2001

Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: presa bipasso

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Valeria Maria Tafel KudoZ activity Questions: 514 (6 open) (25 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 317 Italy
Local time: 22:59

2-pin socket

Explanation:
presa is a socket - it's in all dictionaries and it's every day English.

bipasso is the sort with 2 pins, like we have in Italy

see this
http://www.bticino.it/BT/BT_Professionisti.nsf

There is a photo of a presa bipasso and it corresponds to what I call a 2-pin socket in English

Angela

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Angela Arnone
Local time: 22:59

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Thanks again! I take this as the most helpful because I had 117 matches on the Internet, against 0 for "dual standard outlet". Thanks everybody, anyway. Valeria

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Summary of answers provided

10/16A Italian dual-use socket

Jo Macdonald

two-way pass restraint

Isodynamia

dual standard outlet

rebecca pozzoli

2-pin socket

Angela Arnone

Answers

20 mins

two-way pass restraint

Explanation:
This is all I can think of without context. Any context available?

Isodynamia
Greece
Local time: 23:59
Native speaker of:

Greek,

English
PRO pts in pair: 81

1 hr

dual standard outlet

Explanation:
dual standard = bipasso (that is " a doppio passo");
outlet = term used by electricians. Literally, "current outlet" to be used by a pin.
Bye! Rebecca

rebecca pozzoli
Local time: 22:59
PRO pts in pair: 1

1 hr

2-pin socket

Angela Arnone
Local time: 22:59
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 3602

Grading comment

Thanks again! I take this as the most helpful because I had 117 matches on the Internet, against 0 for "dual standard outlet". Thanks everybody, anyway. Valeria

4291 days confidence:

10/16A Italian dual-use socket

Explanation:
A socket/outlet that can take the bigger 16A and smaller 10A plugs.
Also called bypass or duplex sockets.

See
Socket that can accommodate both 10A and 16A plugs (see no. 6). The left hand outlet has quite common bipasso or bivalente (dual use) figure of eight shaped slots. The larger (5.1 mm) diameter 16A slots have a 26 mm spacing; the smaller (4.5 mm) 10A slots have a 19 mm spacing, which is also suitable for Europlugs. Brand name: BTicino.
http://fam-oud.nl/~plugsocket/Italian1.html

presa bipasso
https://www.google.es/search?q=GEW20203 switch&ie=utf-8&oe=u...

10/16A Italian dual-use socket
https://www.google.es/search?q=GEW20203 switch&ie=utf-8&oe=u...

Jo Macdonald
Spain
Local time: 22:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1719

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