cortocircuitado a masa

English translation: shorted to ground

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Spanish term or phrase:	cortocircuitado a masa
English translation:	shorted to ground
Entered by:	Jan Verschoor

18:54 Mar 30, 2004

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial

Spanish term or phrase: cortocircuitado a masa

error:salida de bomba cortocircuitada a masa

Jan Verschoor KudoZ activity Questions: 214 (6 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 120
Local time: 02:02

shorted to ground

Explanation:
short circuit in which the current is escaping to ground.

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Luis Luis
United States
Local time: 19:02

Grading comment

Thanks Luis Luis, I´ve used your answer. Thanks to the others as well
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

shorted to ground

Luis Luis

short circuit ground

Sandy T

short-circuit to earth

Maria Luisa Duarte

cross-wired

Sol

Answers

7 mins confidence:

short circuit ground

Explanation:
ground= conexion a masa..descarga.
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Sandy T
United States
Local time: 20:02
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

shorted to ground

Explanation:
short circuit in which the current is escaping to ground.

Luis Luis
United States
Local time: 19:02
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Luis Luis, I´ve used your answer. Thanks to the others as well

5 mins confidence:

short-circuit to earth

Explanation:
short circuit to earth

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-03-30 19:05:53 GMT)
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A separate earth wire is run to all equipment, and used to securely bond any exposed metal to earth at the switchboard. If a live wire now contacts the metal, a short-circuit to earth is caused and the fuse or circuit breaker will operate. If this was not done, the metal could remain live and be a real hazard.

http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/examinat/amateur radio study g...

Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 31

1 hr confidence:

cross-wired

Explanation:
Arcade Conversion Diary
... board. The video ground was originally cross wired on the old harness,
which I'd noticed, and then promptly forgotten about. Anyway ...
www.arcadenirvana.com/diary/19-10-1998.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

[TenTec] Orion and MIKEs
... Then we have pins 1 and 2 cross wired between two connectors. Why? Pin 2 is supposed
to be ground and normally tied to the ground on radios and mikes or could ...
lists.contesting.com/archives/html/ TenTec/2003-11/msg00162.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

Sol
United States
Local time: 20:02
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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