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FUSE PLUG [11 records]

Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standards
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
OBS

CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 4248.11-07 (R2012): standard code used by CSA.

Key term(s)
  • Fuse holders – Part 11 : Type C(Edison Base) and Type S Plug Fuse
  • Type C(Edison Base) and Type S Plug Fuse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normes de l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA)
  • Appareillage électrique
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
OBS

CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 4248.11-F07 (C2012) : code de norme utilisé par la CSA.

Key term(s)
  • Fusibles bouchons de type C (filetés) et de type S

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-09

English

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

type S base plug fuse : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • type S base plug fuze

French

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

fusible à bouchon de type S : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-09

English

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

type C base plug fuse: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • type C base plug fuze

French

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

fusible à bouchon de type C : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Safety Devices (Mechanical Components)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A protective device used on a heated pressure vessel (for example, a steam boiler), and containing a fusible element that melts at a predetermined safe temperature to prevent the buildup of excessive pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organes de sécurité (Composants mécaniques)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Dispositif de sécurité destiné à éviter une pression excessive; il est obturé par un élément qui fond à une température prédéterminée correspondant à la pression maximale admise.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
OBS

Edison-base (type) fuse

CONT

A single plug fuse may be used as the disconnecting means for a branch circuit having one grounded conductor and feeding a 2-wire single-phase or dc motor rated at not more than 1/3 hp.

OBS

See CEC Rules 14-200 14-402(c) and 128-602(c).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
CONT

[...] un fusible bouchon peut aussi servir de dispositif de sectionnement pour un moteur bifilaire monophasé d'une puissance nominale d'au plus 1/3 hp.

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Materiel Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire

Spanish

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Record 7 1989-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

term sometimes used to designate an 'automatic spillway', especially when a low dike is built across a low saddle in the rim of the reservoir basin intended to be washed out when water reaches an elevation in the spillway, which may become dangerous. It is also applied to a similar condition in a canal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Terme employé parfois pour désigner un évacuateur automatique surtout quand une digue basse est construite à travers un col bas sur le pourtour du bassin de la retenue, afin que cette digue soit emportée, quand l'eau atteint une hauteur dans l'évacuateur, qui peut être dangereuse. Il est aussi appliqué à une condition analogue dans un canal.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

A hollow plug in an aircraft wheel, filled with a material having a specific melting point. If the melting temperature is reached from brake heat, the filler will melt out and deflate the tire rather than allowing the pressure to increase enough to burst the tire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

Fuse, time-Fusée à temps (La Science et la Vie, déc. 1917, page 515)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

Ch. de fer.

Spanish

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