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DIMMER CONTROL [5 records]

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Record 1 2010-04-13

English

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

Complete system components and wiring for preset dimming control of television studio lighting including: .1 Master Control Module .2 Dimming Modules .3 Prewired Connector Strips and Wall Bases .4 Studio Lighting fixtures .5 Power and Control Wiring.

OBS

Context taken from a text called "Television Studio Lighting and Control System (Project 700443", submitted for terminological research purposes by A. Mandeville of the Plans and Specifications Section in Montréal).

OBS

preset: To fix the value or level of a circuit, control or potentiometer before use.

OBS

preset control : The control, usually a potentiometer, located on a lighting control console, and used to program or preset the output of a dimmer, and in turn, the light output of a dimmer, and in turn, the light output of the luminaire connected to the dimmer.

French

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

Proposition faite à la suite d'explications données par un technicien en éclairage à la Société Radio-Canada et à la lumière du contexte suivant tiré de DUBTE, 1982, p. 171 : «preset fade» - «fondu préréglé». Fondu obtenu par le préréglage des gradateurs.

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 2000-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamp Components
  • Lighting
DEF

A special fluorescent lamp ballast, which when used with a dimmer control, permits varying light output.

CONT

Dimming range of electronic dimming ballasts shall be from 100% to 1% for T-12 and T-8 lamps, 100% to 5% for T-5 and T-4 lamps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments de lampes
  • Éclairage
OBS

Ballast réglant l'intensité lumineuse des lampes fluorescentes.

Spanish

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Record 4 1982-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

terme d'usage obligatoire au Bureau des Traductions.

Spanish

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