Schublasttrenner

English translation: in-line switch disconnector

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German term or phrase:Schublasttrenner
English translation:in-line switch disconnector
Entered by: Alison Schwitzgebel

11:54 Jan 12, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Electricity distribution
German term or phrase: Schublasttrenner
In a table about electrical switching stations, under the heading "Stationen und Schaltanlagen". The complete entry is "Schalter oder Schublasttrenner", and the company has more than 400 of them...

Sorry, but that's absolutely all the context I have!

The only hit I found on google was totally out of context too - I guess I need an electrician who knows about electricty distribution!

Alison
Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 03:59
in-line switch disconnector
Explanation:
I'm not an electrician! But this is what the Siemens FWB industrielle Elektrotechnik tells me ...

Schub-Lasttrenner
in-line switch disconnector

HTH

Mary
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:59
Grading comment
Thanks Mary - and thanks for the info on the dictionary, which I've now ordered.
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Mary Worby
5inline switch disconnector
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in-line switch disconnector


Explanation:
I'm not an electrician! But this is what the Siemens FWB industrielle Elektrotechnik tells me ...

Schub-Lasttrenner
in-line switch disconnector

HTH

Mary



    as above
Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2770
Grading comment
Thanks Mary - and thanks for the info on the dictionary, which I've now ordered.

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inline switch disconnector


Explanation:
Source: Siemens dictionary of power engineering and automation

Bob Kerns (X)
Germany
Local time: 03:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1415
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