Aug 20, 2004 14:53
19 yrs ago
German term

Schutzleitung unbedingt anschliessen!

German to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng
Instruction for electrical equipment

Proposed translations

2 mins
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protection line must be connected without fail

Ernst offers "protection line"

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-08-20 14:57:35 GMT)
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sorry, not Ernst but the Langenscheidt IT dictionary
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33 mins

it is essential that the earth lead is connected

Earth lead is ground lead in the USA
Peer comment(s):

agree Thomas Bollmann
31 mins
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34 mins

protective earth conductor / PE conductor

Ref. Ferretti

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Note added at 34 mins (2004-08-20 15:28:18 GMT)
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*** must be connected
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2 hrs

protective ground lead (must be connected)

Since a large portion of translations into English are for the US, I need to emphasize, that we do not use earth/earthing for Erde/erden.

See URLs below:
www.bogen.com/products/pdfs/ specialelectronicspdfs/ADP1m.pdf
users.rcn.com/jbyrns/25L6amp.html
www.comms.engg.susx.ac.uk/fft/misc/ A_primer_on_asynchronous_modem_communication.pdf
www.ce-mag.com/archive/1999/marchapril/armstrong.html
www.houseneeds.com/shop/ manuals/grundfos_mqjetpumpmanual.pdf
www.fmglobal.com/approvals/ resources/approvalstandards/3150.pdf
www.agsrhichome.bnl.gov/Hardware/BNLonly/ drawings/ags/maps/test_procedures/fantest_no_t7032.doc

Ref: 50 yrs experience in electr. field.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Norbert Hermann : asker didn't specify US ;-)) Rule Britania!
4 hrs
The US is a much bigger country - created by the UK
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