Jul 13, 2007 15:09
16 yrs ago
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English term

weld up

English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general)
** To convert 220V to 110V, disconnect b and c and weld up a and b instead. **

Does "weld up a and b" mean that it's actually a welding operation or soldering a and b together or just joinging a and b together manually ?

Many thanks
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5 +9 weld together

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weld together

It means 'weld a and B together'

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Note added at 2 mins (2007-07-13 15:11:43 GMT)
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The 'up' almost certainly has no specific significance, unless it just so happens that the weld line a–b is vertically-oriented

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-07-13 15:28:47 GMT)
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Of course, in fact, the English is almost certainly defective, as normally for electrical connections it would indeed be 'solder' and not 'weld'
Peer comment(s):

agree Claire Cox
6 mins
Thanks, Claire!
agree Can Altinbay
13 mins
Thanks, Can!
agree Jack Doughty
50 mins
Thanks, Jack!
agree R. Alex Jenkins : Yes. 'up' has nothing to do with going UP - it's one of the multitude of very confusing phrasal verbs contained in the English language.
1 hr
Thanks, Richard! All the more confusing because here it is probably the wrong verb anyway! :-)
agree Elena Aleksandrova
1 hr
Spasibo, Elena !
agree Richard Benham : Button up, tie up, shut up, bugger up, brick up,...//Interestingly, phrasal verbs in "up" often have the sense of joining or closing something, whereas with German "auf" (often translated by "up" in other contexts) it is quite the opposite.
2 hrs
Thanks, RB! The extent and variety of your colourful vocabulary never ceases to astound me... / I think 'up' in these cases derives from 'ab', doesn't it?
agree inmb
4 hrs
Thanks, INMB!
agree airmailrpl : -
17 hrs
Thanks, Airmailrpl!
agree Jörgen Slet
1 day 4 hrs
Thanks, Jorgen!
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