effektnorm

English translation: power standard

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Swedish term or phrase:effektnorm
English translation:power standard
Entered by: Charles Ek

12:00 Feb 4, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / Vehicle registration document
Swedish term or phrase: effektnorm
The word Effektnorm appears on a document in a category of its own, followed by "DIN". Is this some kind of standard? Thanks for help.
Matthew Preston
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:34
power standard
Explanation:
Yes, it's a reference to the power output of an automotive engine, as measured by the DIN method. See this definition from Transportstyrelsen at https://www21.vv.se/fordonsfraga/FordonsForklaring.aspx: "Effektnorm -- Standard för mätning av effekt."

See this at the first link (scroll down to "The German Way: DIN Horsepower Ratings"):

"DIN is short for Deutsche Industrienorm (German industry standard), a standard issued by the German national institute for standardization. That institute, known between 1926 and 1975 as Deutsche Normenausschuss (DNA), is now called Deutsches Institut für Normung, also abbreviated DIN. Among other things, the agency sets standards for how the horsepower and torque of automobile engines should be measured -- Deutsche Industrienorm 70020."

See the second link for Google results for "power standards" + DIN + engine.
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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 21:34
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power standard


Explanation:
Yes, it's a reference to the power output of an automotive engine, as measured by the DIN method. See this definition from Transportstyrelsen at https://www21.vv.se/fordonsfraga/FordonsForklaring.aspx: "Effektnorm -- Standard för mätning av effekt."

See this at the first link (scroll down to "The German Way: DIN Horsepower Ratings"):

"DIN is short for Deutsche Industrienorm (German industry standard), a standard issued by the German national institute for standardization. That institute, known between 1926 and 1975 as Deutsche Normenausschuss (DNA), is now called Deutsches Institut für Normung, also abbreviated DIN. Among other things, the agency sets standards for how the horsepower and torque of automobile engines should be measured -- Deutsche Industrienorm 70020."

See the second link for Google results for "power standards" + DIN + engine.


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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 21:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stefan A. M. Adamek: yup - correct, remember the time when SAE was common...
3 days 7 hrs
  -> Thanks. (Still is common on this side of the pond, in an updated version. ;-) )
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