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08:40 Sep 24, 2020 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Elevators/lifts | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 14:30 | ||||||
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1 +3 | thermal cut-out |
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3 | thermal device |
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thermal device Explanation: Often device is a "safe" solution :-) |
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thermal cut-out Explanation: An informed guess! Often stands for 'protection thermique' = thermal protective device, more usually known as a 'thermal cut-out' This would make technical sense in the context as given: you have to bypass (i.e. overide) the safety thermal cutout by a wire ('shunt'); there could be many reasons for this, including testing, or possible reliability issues (assuming alternative protection has been put in place!) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2020-09-24 08:57:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The fact they also mention another 'shunt' does rather tend to confirm this might be part of some kind of test or maintenance procedure. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 58 mins (2020-09-24 09:38:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- To answer your question, 'capteur thermique' is unlikely, since most normal temperature sensors would be analogue devices with (e.g.) a varying resistance that reflects the temperature; hence shorting out such a device would almost certainly produce a serious error; A cut-out, on the other hand, is just a switch that opens, and hence bypassing it in this way would simply defeat its safety function. |
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