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GAS TESTER [3 records]

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Record 1 2019-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Telephone Wires and Cables
OBS

[A cable tester] tests insulated wires in aerial, underground, or submarine multiple-conductor cables to determine continuity, insulation, and correctness of cable loading, using standard testing procedures and impedance, resistance, and frequency oscillating meters[;] listens for sound of escaping insulating gas from hole in cable sheathing to locate defects in cable[;] determines continuity, insulation, capacity imbalance, and cable loading, using meters, such as capacity and resistance bridges[;] prepares report identifying location and cause of malfunctions...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Câbles et fils téléphoniques
DEF

[Personne qui] fait l'essai des conducteurs isolés des câbles de communication aériens, souterrains ou sous-marins à conducteurs multiples pour vérifier la continuité, l'isolation et la pupinisation [...]

OBS

[L'essayeur de câbles] reçoit des instructions de l'ouvrier travaillant au pupitre d'essai au sujet de l'emplacement de l'anomalie appréhendée dans le câble de communication; fixe, sur le câble, des instruments, tels que des ponts de capacitance et de résistance, et des instruments de mesure pour vérifier la continuité, l'isolation, la capacité de tension et les autres caractéristiques du câble; rend compte des anomalies au bureau central en vue de la remise en état par les équipes de réparation.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Heating
CONT

Burner Efficiency Tests and Adjustments... A smoke spot tester is used to measure the soot content of flues gases. The serviceman will adjust the air intake band on the burner until a visually smokeless flame is produced in the combustion chamber. The probe of the smoke testing apparatus is inserted through the hole in the flue pipe and a flue gas sample is drawn through a piece of filter paper. The resulting soot mark on the paper is compared in intensity to a standard chart. The chart shows measurements labelled 0 to 9 and most residential oil furnaces can burn cleanly enough for a 0 to 1 rating... a number 2 smoke is ideal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Chauffage

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas and Oil Heating
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
CONT

The furnace efficiency tests described here have been made with traditionally available test equipment. This involves a test procedure that utilizes four separate testing instruments-a smoke spot tester, CO2(or O2) flue gas analyser, draft meter and flue gas thermometer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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