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APPAREIL CONNEXION [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-09-12

English

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

The National Electrical Code defines a switching device as, "A device designed to close, open, or both, one or more electrical circuits." The devices that fall under this classifcation are circuit breakers, cutouts, disconnecting means, disconnecting (or isolating) switch (disconnector; isolator), interrupter switch, oil cutout (oil-filled cutout), oil switch, or a regulator bypass switch.

OBS

switching device: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

PHR

semiconductor switching device

French

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

appareil de connexion : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI).

PHR

appareil de connexion à semiconducteur

Spanish

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