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OVERLOAD CONTROL [3 records]

Record 1 2022-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
DEF

[A type of circuit that prevents] the transponder from being overloaded by excessive interrogations.

OBS

automatic overload control; AOC : designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
OBS

régulation automatique de surcharge; AOC : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lighting
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

Primary circuit breakers shall protect dimmers against overload conditions. Each dimmer shall be capable of "hot patching" cold incandescent loads up to full capacity without malfunction with the control signal at full on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairage
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

Équivalence établie d'après les explications obtenues d'un technicien en éclairage à la Société Radio-Canada et d'après la définition suivante de «sous-tension» tirée du LAROG, 1982, vol. 10, p. 10136 : «se dit d'un dispositif ou d'un circuit [...] soumis à une tension».

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measurements of Electricity
  • Motors (Machinery)
CONT

Check power supply to control box(or overload protection box) by placing a voltmeter across incoming power lines. Voltage should approximate nominal line voltage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques
  • Moteurs mécaniques
CONT

Vérifier l'alimentation au boîtier de commande (ou au coffret de protection contre les surcharges) en plaçant le voltmètre sur les fils d'alimentation. La tension doit se rapprocher de la tension nominale du secteur.

Spanish

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