Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
corrientes eléctricas de falla
English translation:
fault currents
Added to glossary by
spanruss
Nov 27, 2007 13:40
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
corrientes eléctricas de falla
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Los equipos se conectan a tierra de modo que ofrezcan un camino de baja impedancia para las corrientes eléctricas de falla, y que faciliten el funcionamiento de los dispositivos de protección contra sobrecorriente en caso de falla a tierra.
Few internet hits for "electric fault current". Even less for "fault electric current".
Few internet hits for "electric fault current". Even less for "fault electric current".
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | fault currents |
Peter Clews
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| 5 | ground fault currents |
Ernesto de Lara
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| 3 +1 | stray current |
Giovanni Rengifo
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Proposed translations
+2
1 hr
Peter Clews
Spain
Spain
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Specializes in field
Spain
Get it right!
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Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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fault currents
I don't think that "stray currents" (??eddy currents??) need a particularly low earth impedance. Fault currents do! There are plenty of google hits for "fault current" (about 175,000); saying that they are electrical is redundant.
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Comment: "Since there seem to be more than one type of "fault currents", I'd better leave as is, nice and general."
+1
15 mins
Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Colombia
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Works in field
Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
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151
stray current
You could leave the "electric" bit out. It's understood.
5 hrs
Ernesto de Lara
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Technology Translations
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110
ground fault currents
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