Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
défaut de masse
English translation:
earth(ing) [BE] / ground(ing) [AE] fault
French term
United Kingdom
CERTIFIED TRANSLATIONS: quality & speed
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to French, English to German, and 19 more.
défaut de masse
ATTESTATION:
Le véhicule a été pris en charge dans notre atelier le 30/07/07 à 10h30.
Ci-dessous la liste des contrôles réalisés sur le vehicule:
- Interrogation témoins de défaut
- Bloc valeur de mesure
- Contrôle + charge de la batterie (véhicule arrivé avec batterie très faible)
- Contrôle courroie de distribution
- Contrôle pression pompe à carburant
- Contrôle capteur G28
- Contrôle alimentation + masse appareil de commande moteur
Apres ces contrôles le véhicule présentait un défaut de masse. En effet la masse se trouvant dans le boîtier d'eau n'était pas serrée. Remise en état masse dans le caisson d'eau.
Le véhicule disponible le 31/07/07 à partir de 15h00.
I've found a few links regarding a "defaut de masse" if it helps:
http://copainsdavant.linternaute.com/question-reponse/188386...
http://www.forum-auto.com/pole-technique/section12/sujet4335...
http://www.yaronet.com/posts.php?s=84382
http://forum.321auto.com/forum/mes_Topic_4033925_1.html
http://www.planete-citroen.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97664
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
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Tony M
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Mar 12, 2010 12:18: Tony M changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "(auto electrical)"
Mar 12, 2010 14:34: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Mar 17, 2010 08:43: Tony M Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
earth fault
It is clear enough from the context that they are talking about the negative return feed connection to the vehicle chassis.
Even though this is not literally 'earth/ground', the term is still commonly used.
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Note added at 21 hrs (2010-03-13 09:27:44 GMT)
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As Clanola has so rightly pointed out, in an automotive context, it would be more technically appropriate to refer to 'masse' as 'chassis' — but oddly enough, 'earthing'/grounding' seems to be widely used, at least in everyday techy-speak; perhaps it's because cars used to have a 'real' chassis, whereas these days, 'earthing'/'grounding' generally takes place to the body shell instead. We do, of course, quite often talk about 'chassis earth' (thankfully, that doesn't lead us to 'masse de masse' in FR!)
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