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TRIP-FREE [4 records]

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Record 1 2017-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
OBS

trip-free device : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

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

appareil à déclenchement libre : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-05-21

English

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

Circuit breakers are classified as being trip-free or non-trip free.

PHR

Trip-free device, mechanism, residual current device.

Key term(s)
  • trip free

French

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

Appareil, dispositif différentiel, mécanisme à déclenchement libre.

Spanish

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Record 3 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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Record 4 2009-04-02

English

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

A non trip-free circuit breaker can be reset and/or held ON even if an overload or excessive heat condition is present. In other words, a nontrip-free circuit breaker can be bypassed by holding the operating mechanims ON.

OBS

Non trip-free circuit breakers are used for circuits that are essential for operations. Examples of these circuits are emergency lighting, required control circuits, and essential equipment circuits.

OBS

non-trip free circuit : term standardized by ISO.

French

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

disjoncteur empêché : terme normalisé par ISO.

Spanish

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