Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
traveler
Spanish translation:
Conductor
Added to glossary by
Paola Nobizelli
Nov 16, 2022 14:56
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English term
Chile
Accurate. Never missed a deadline
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
traveler
English to Spanish
Tech/Engineering
Energy / Power Generation
Three-Way Switches
A three-way switch is marked with the symbol S3 on a wiring plan.
In this case, three-wire cable is used to carry the two travelers and the neutral.
Muchas gracias
A three-way switch is marked with the symbol S3 on a wiring plan.
In this case, three-wire cable is used to carry the two travelers and the neutral.
Muchas gracias
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 | Conductor |
Andrew Bramhall
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| 3 | conector interno |
Alberto de Antonio Rivera
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| 4 -2 | fases |
Víctor Zamorano
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Proposed translations
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Flair and accuracy tailored to your text
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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Conductor
Un interruptor de tres vías está marcado con el símbolo S3 en un plano de cableado.
En este caso, se utiliza un cable de tres hilos para llevar los dos conductores (menosel cable de tierra, claro) y el neutro.
En este caso, se utiliza un cable de tres hilos para llevar los dos conductores (menosel cable de tierra, claro) y el neutro.
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Jennifer Levey
: The neutral is also a conductor, so your translation doesn't reflect the specific nature of the 'travelers'.//Double-disagree - this is AC wiring - there's no + vs -.
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Alright, positive conductor then; earthed current is negative current.
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Giovanni Rengifo
: I think you're absolutely right. I'd use "conductor" too. A three-wire cable consists of two conductors and a neutral. "de tres hilos" is fine, but I think "trifilar" is commonly used.
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Comment: "Muchas gracias"
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Víctor Zamorano
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Ciencias sociales y mucho más
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
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8
fases
No sé mucho de instalaciones eléctricas, pero sé que se dice así.
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Jennifer Levey
: This is very misleading, because there is only one fase, which powers the load via one 'traveler' or the other.
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Giovanni Rengifo
: I think Jennifer's right here. It seems apparent they're speaking of a single-phase power supply system.
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Alberto de Antonio Rivera
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Science, Eng., Mfg. Proc., Computers
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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conector interno
Tipically, a traveler system or "common" system used to control one single location uses two 3-way switches in a compact array, interconected by a pair of wires called "travelers" in the US and "strappers" in the UK. The array is fed with the phase or hot conductor, and the neutral conductor, the latter one passing through the array via a third wire or neutral connector. After passing through the array, the hot and neutral conductors are fed to the load. Thus, the two "travelers" are nothing but two internal connectors located inside the array. Note that the Wikipedia ilustration does not show the third neutral connector.
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