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traukiama grandinė

English translation: pull chain

10:53 Nov 14, 2017
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / refrigerators
Lithuanian term or phrase: traukiama grandinė
Naudokite elektros kištukinį lizdą, kurio negalima išjungti jungikliu arba traukiama grandine.
Olga Prisekina-Olrichs
Netherlands
Local time: 23:37
English translation:pull chain
Explanation:
It’s a very popular term.
Pull chains are parts of commercially available products; some people also make their own DIY implementations.
Sometimes written as one word “pullchain” (or “PullChain”).
Also used as an adjective “pull-chain” (with hyphen).

More discussion. http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/other/377296-pull_chain.ht...
(Feb 28, 2003)

Examples
(1) http://www.amazon.com/GE-54180-Socket-Adapter-Control/dp/B00...
(2) http://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/7217/do-they-make-a-p...
(3) http://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/51603/are-pull-chains...
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Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 00:37
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Summary of answers provided
5pull chain
Valters Feists
4chain/cord that is pulled
Gintautas Kaminskas


  

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chain/cord that is pulled


Explanation:
Naudokite elektros kištukinį lizdą, kurio negalima išjungti jungikliu arba traukiama grandine. = Use an electrical outlet that can not be turned off by a switch or a chain/cord that is pulled.

Taip buvo senais laikais (grandinė). :)

Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 07:37
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
PRO pts in category: 8
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
pull chain


Explanation:
It’s a very popular term.
Pull chains are parts of commercially available products; some people also make their own DIY implementations.
Sometimes written as one word “pullchain” (or “PullChain”).
Also used as an adjective “pull-chain” (with hyphen).

More discussion. http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/other/377296-pull_chain.ht...
(Feb 28, 2003)

Examples
(1) http://www.amazon.com/GE-54180-Socket-Adapter-Control/dp/B00...
(2) http://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/7217/do-they-make-a-p...
(3) http://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/51603/are-pull-chains...


Example sentence(s):
  • I would like to put four of these lights on pull chains so they aren’t on in the other parts of the basement when I’m not in those areas. How would I wire the lights to the pull chain and keep the “loop” intact?

    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pull+chain
    Reference: http://img.tfd.com/wn/77/63338-pull-chain.png
Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 00:37
Native speaker of: Latvian
PRO pts in category: 8
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