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Y CONNECTION [2 records]

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Record 1 2020-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
DEF

A wye connection, installed close to the ground on the exterior side of the wall of a building, providing two inlet connections for fire hoses to the standpipes and fire-protection sprinkler system of the building.

CONT

Siamese appliances usually consist of two female inlets, with either a center clapper valve or two clapper valves (one on each side) and a single male outlet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
CONT

Les canalisations d'incendie doivent être pourvues de pièces de jonction doubles en Y [...] permettant leur raccordement aux appareils du service d'incendie. Les pièces de jonction doubles doivent être situées à l'extérieur des bâtiments, dans des endroits bien visibles et facilement accessibles au personnel du service d'incendie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Wind Energy
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
DEF

The connection of polyphase apparatus, so arranged that one end of each of the windings, conductors or apparatus corresponding to each phase is connected to a common point, the other end being connected to the corresponding conductors of the distribution system.

OBS

wye connection; star connection; Y connection: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

OBS

star; y connection: terms officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

Key term(s)
  • y connexion
  • wye connexion
  • star connexion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Énergie éolienne
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
DEF

Connexion d'appareils polyphasés consistant à relier à un point commun une extrémité de chacun des enroulements, conducteurs ou appareils correspondants à chaque phase, l'autre extrémité étant destinée à être connectée au conducteur correspondant du réseau.

OBS

connexion en étoile; connexion étoile; montage en étoile : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

OBS

connexion en y : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
  • Energía eólica
  • Vehículos automotores y bicicletas
OBS

Modo de acoplamiento de los circuitos trifásicos.

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