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zugentlastet

English translation: strain relieved

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German term or phrase:zugentlastet
English translation:strain relieved
Entered by: Narasimhan Raghavan

14:11 Jan 30, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Operators Manual
German term or phrase: zugentlastet
Die Anschlussleitungen zur Maschine sind zugentlastet so zu verlegen, dass keine Gefahrenstellen entstehen.
Terri Doerrzapf
United States
Local time: 14:57
strain relieved
Explanation:
So that there is no risk of line break due to tension

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Note added at 9 mins (2004-01-30 14:21:21 GMT)
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See: Ultravolt, Inc. - Application Notes
... Socketed connections are also more easily Wave Soldered, or Infrared Re-flowed ... it
is recommended that the wiring harness be strain-relieved before connecting to ...
www.ultravolt.com/appap3.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

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Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 01:27
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5strain relieved
Narasimhan Raghavan
4may be
gangels (X)
4strain free
John McDonnell


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
strain relieved


Explanation:
So that there is no risk of line break due to tension

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 9 mins (2004-01-30 14:21:21 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

See: Ultravolt, Inc. - Application Notes
... Socketed connections are also more easily Wave Soldered, or Infrared Re-flowed ... it
is recommended that the wiring harness be strain-relieved before connecting to ...
www.ultravolt.com/appap3.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages



Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in pair: 721
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katrin Suchan
15 mins
  -> Thank you Katrin
agree  Manfred Mondt: makes sense
1 hr
  -> Thanks Manfred
agree  John Jory: or 'installed with strain relief'
2 hrs
  -> yes. Actually it depends on how one formulates the sentence in the translation.
agree  Klaus Herrmann: I had a strain relief (=Zugentlastung) just a couple of hours ago in an EN spec sheet..
2 hrs
  -> am relieved to hear that!
agree  rjbemben: I installed a strain relief clamp on the 220V power cord for my range recently
9 hrs
  -> am once again relieved to hear that
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
may be


Explanation:
The line connections to the machine should have sufficient slack [to them] so as to rule out danger spots

gangels (X)
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 5559

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Manfred Mondt: if that is what the indended, they should have said so..
19 mins
agree  Robert Schlarb: or: as to avoid the risk of any hazard
20 mins
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
strain free


Explanation:
suggesting that strains are not to be introduced into the installation, rather than 'relieving' which suggests that strains are to be removed

John McDonnell
Local time: 20:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 62
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