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trip free circuit breaker [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
DEF

A circuit breaker that will trip (open) even if the operating mechanism (ON-OFF switch) is held in the ON position.

OBS

trip free circuit breaker: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Trip-free circuit breakers are used on circuits that cannot tolerate overloads and on nonemergency circuits. Examples of these are precision or current sensitive circuits, nonemergency lighting circuits, and nonessential equipment circuits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

disjoncteur à déclenchement libre : terme normalisé par l'ISO et uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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