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LOW-SIDE PRESSURE CONTROL [1 record]

Record 1 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Safety Devices (Mechanical Components)
  • Control Instrumentation (Mechanical Components)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

A control taking the form of a pressure-operated switch which upon a rise in suction pressure makes electrical contact, so causing equipment it is electrically connected with to commence operation ...

OBS

Employed in refrigeration systems to control compressor operation in respect of pressure condition in an evaporator.

OBS

[A] cycling device connected to [the] low-pressure side of [a] system.

OBS

low pressure control; suction pressure switch: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • low pressure cut out switch
  • low-pressure controller

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organes de sécurité (Composants mécaniques)
  • Dispositifs de commande (Composants mécaniques)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
DEF

Appareil de conduite et de protection utilisé pour mettre à l'arrêt le compresseur quand la pression d'aspiration chute, mettre en route les ventilateurs des condenseurs à refroidissement à air, etc.

CONT

pressotat : Régulateur «statique» agissant en fonction de la pression qu'il est appelé à contrôler. On peut classer les pressostats en trois catégories principales : pressostats BP («low pressure controls»); pressostats HP («high pressure controls»); pressostats combinés HP et BP [...]

OBS

pressostat basse pression; pressostat d'aspiration : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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