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THERMAL CIRCUIT BREAKER [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

A resettable thermal circuit breaker is sometimes more attractive than a fuse, especially as it is inherently insensitive to switch-on-surges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-06-23

English

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

A circuit breaker the operation of which depends on temperature expansion due to electrical heating.

OBS

thermal circuit breaker : term standardized by ISO.

French

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

disjoncteur thermique : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • disjoncteur du type thermique

Spanish

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