Spanish: apartarayosEnglish translation: surge arrestor 
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Mining & Minerals / Gems / from Mexico | | Spanish term or phrase: apartarayos | | from a receipt for a mining company's expenses, I have no further context I'm afraid |
| | | surge arrestor | Explanation:
**apartarrayos** no es igual que "pararrayos". El pararrayos atrae los rayos con finas puntas metálicas localizadas en lo más alto de la instalación. El **apartarrayos** es un dispositivo ubicado dentro de la instalación eléctrica, que actua cuando existe una sobrecarga eléctrica desviando el exceso de corriente a tierra (tierra eléctrica).
También puede ser "surge protector" o "surge breaker". |
| Selected response from:
Daniel Parra
Spain
| Note from asker to answererthanks Daniel. You have confirmed what I suspected.
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7 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +5 |
| lightning rod / conductor
Explanation:
Sin más contexto es difícil concretar, pero puede ser lo que en España llamamos "parrarayos".
Una fotografía aquí:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod
A lightning rod, (USA) or "lightning conductor," (UK) is a single component in a lightning protection system. In addition to rods placed at regular intervals on the highest portions of a structure, a lightning protection system typically includes a rooftop network of conductors, multiple conductive paths from the roof to the ground, bonding connections to metallic objects within the structure and a grounding network.
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-02-14 16:19:14 GMT)
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Perdón, "pararrayos", con doble "r" en la tercera sílaba.
Noticias de Apartarrayos - Pararrayos | Tierra Fisica
Pararrayos | Tierras Físicas ... Pararrayos - Inicio arrow Noticias de Apartarrayos. A+ | A- | Reset. Proyectos Tierra Física y Pararrayos ...
www.tierrafisica.com.mx/newsfeeds/cronica-de-pararrayos.htm...
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Note added at 40 mins (2008-02-14 16:50:24 GMT)
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Sí, sé a qué te refieres. Es posible que se estén refiriendo a "lightning arrester", que se emplea para proteger los circuitos eléctricos.
| Urico
Spain
Native speaker of:  Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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| Notes to answerer
Asker: this was my first thought but when I looked it up on Google the pictures did not match up with lightning rods but looked like something else...I'm still not sure, maybe someone from Mexico could confirm this?
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