forces
English translation: (motive) power
| 10:52 Jan 11, 2004 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering / building electricity wiring | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Bourth (X) Local time: 05:55 | ||||||
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| 5 | (motive) power |
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| 4 | (utility) power (s) |
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| 4 | power circuits |
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(utility) power (s) Explanation: see EuroDicAutom |
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(motive) power Explanation: Top of the morning too you. There's a certain redundancy here. A distinction is usually made (in domestic situations, at least) between lighting circuits and power circuits (including circuits for socket outlets for ordinary appliances). Lighting circuits use smaller wires (1.5mm² in France) and switches etc. of a lower rating. Wires for sockets are 2.5mm². However, large appliances such as kitchen ranges, hot water cylinders, high consumption heating systems, powerful motors, etc. require bigger sections still (4mm² if memory serves), and this may be what they are referring to, if it is not simply redundant. In any case, in English you can get away with "lighting and power", though you might want to say "lighting, socket outlet, and motive power circuits are supplied ...": <<power and lighting system. The low-voltage electrical services which supply motive power, socket outlets, lighting, etc. power. Low-voltag electricty for general purposes, e.g. to drive motors, electric tools, for heating etc. It is supplied from socket outlets or a motive power circuit. In a building the power circuits are usually separate from thos for lighting. motive power circuits. Circuits in the electricl services able to supply the hight starting current demand from electric motors, typically 7 times the current in normal service, used only for large motors, e.g. in lifts [Scott/Penguin Bldg] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2004-01-11 11:10:57 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oops, my eyes aren\'t open yet and my brain is still warming up. Make that \"to you\". |
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| circuits forces power circuits Explanation: I concur entirely with Bourth's answer and explanations, but just wanted to add that 'la force' is often used familiarly (and even not-so-familiarly) to refer to 3-phase power (as is of course most often used for 'motive power' applications') Give that the lighting and power [socket] circuits are already being listed separately, I wouldn't mind betting that here they are referring to 'high power' or even more likely '3-phase' circuits. You really need to look and see if your wider context maybe makes this clear. |
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