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Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Electrical | | Portuguese term or phrase: quadro de colunas | Hello,
I am having difficulty with the abovementioned term, found in an Angolan Portuguese document on electricity supply systems in buildings. Is this the same as "quadro de distribuição" (distribution board)? I would appreciate any feedback on what an appropriate English equivalent would be.
The context is as follows:
CONSTITUIÇÃO DO QUADRO DE COLUNAS
* Caixa de Corte Geral (*)
* Caixa de Barramentos (*)
* Caixa de protecção de saídas (*)
I also found a description of "quadro de colunas" in a separate document, which I am listing here to provide further context:
Quadro de colunas (QC) – quadro alimentado directamente por um ramal ou por intermédio de um troço comum da instalação colectiva, destinado a alimentar as colunas montantes e as entradas de características especiais.
(http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~jns/material_didatico/redesBT.pdf)
British English ideal, but any version is appreciated. Many thanks in advance! |
|  Rebekah FowlerKudoZ activityQuestions: 16 (none open) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 2
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| | switchboard | Explanation:
Rebekah,
Yes it's the another way of saying "quadro de distribuição".
See this PDF also written in PT-PT (this one from Macao, same PT variant as you probably know):
http://www.cem-macau.com/IMG/pdf/SupplyElec2009-2.pdf
12.5 Compete à Empresa a execução do ramal de chegada destinado a alimentar a portinhola, ou directamente o quadro de colunas ou a instalação de utilização do Cliente, bem como a instalação dos sistemas de contagem.
12.6 Compete ao Cliente a montagem da portinhola, a qual será fornecida pela Empresa, bem como a execução de todas as canalizações de entrada, fornecimento e montagem do quadro de colunas, colunas, caixas de colunas, caixas para a colocação dos aparelhos de medida e respectivos acessórios e dos aparelhos de corte de entrada, de acordo com o projecto da instalação eléctrica aprovado pelas entidades competentes e sob fiscalização da Empresa.
12.5 The Company is responsible to execute the installation of electric lines leading to the pothead, or directly to the main collective
switchboard or the Customer’s installation, as well as to setup the
metering system.
12.6 The Customer is responsible to install the pothead supplied by the Company, supply and setup all service-entrance lines, main collective switchboard, collective lines, collective line distributing boxes, boxes for the fixation of metering devices and respective accessories as well as service circuit breakers, according to the electric installation design approved by the competent authorities and under the inspection of the Company.
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oops....excuse "the" in my 1st. sentence: Yes it's another... |
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 01:00
| Grading comment Thank you for your feedback! I am adding "distribution board" as a synonym to your suggestion of "switchboard". For this particular document, the client and I have decided to use a more descriptive equivalent, based on descriptions found in the document itself and elsewhere, as a "safe measure", but I am adding your entry to the open glossary because I think the PT and EN terms discussed here are still related.
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Explanation:
Rebekah,
Yes it's the another way of saying "quadro de distribuição".
See this PDF also written in PT-PT (this one from Macao, same PT variant as you probably know):
http://www.cem-macau.com/IMG/pdf/SupplyElec2009-2.pdf
12.5 Compete à Empresa a execução do ramal de chegada destinado a alimentar a portinhola, ou directamente o quadro de colunas ou a instalação de utilização do Cliente, bem como a instalação dos sistemas de contagem.
12.6 Compete ao Cliente a montagem da portinhola, a qual será fornecida pela Empresa, bem como a execução de todas as canalizações de entrada, fornecimento e montagem do quadro de colunas, colunas, caixas de colunas, caixas para a colocação dos aparelhos de medida e respectivos acessórios e dos aparelhos de corte de entrada, de acordo com o projecto da instalação eléctrica aprovado pelas entidades competentes e sob fiscalização da Empresa.
12.5 The Company is responsible to execute the installation of electric lines leading to the pothead, or directly to the main collective
switchboard or the Customer’s installation, as well as to setup the
metering system.
12.6 The Customer is responsible to install the pothead supplied by the Company, supply and setup all service-entrance lines, main collective switchboard, collective lines, collective line distributing boxes, boxes for the fixation of metering devices and respective accessories as well as service circuit breakers, according to the electric installation design approved by the competent authorities and under the inspection of the Company.
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-03 18:58:49 GMT)
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oops....excuse "the" in my 1st. sentence: Yes it's another...
| Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 01:00
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Native speaker of:  Portuguese, English
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| | Grading comment | Thank you for your feedback! I am adding "distribution board" as a synonym to your suggestion of "switchboard". For this particular document, the client and I have decided to use a more descriptive equivalent, based on descriptions found in the document itself and elsewhere, as a "safe measure", but I am adding your entry to the open glossary because I think the PT and EN terms discussed here are still related. |
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