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Star-burst connection [English definition]

English translation: star connection

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English term or phrase:star-burst connection [poor translation into English?]
Selected answer:star connection
Entered by: Tony M

19:20 Jul 26, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Industrial machinery
English term or phrase: Star-burst connection [English definition]
I am translating a User Manual for an industrial machine from English to Italian, which was previously translated from Japanese into English.

The following instruction are about the suitable environment for the installation of the machine:

"Please avoid installing the machine in the following places for safety usage:
...
- With star-burst connection"

I think this is a case of mistranslation. The only record useful I've found on Google is this Indonesian to English translation (http://www.proz.com/personal-glossaries/entry/18058175-sambu... that Google translated with "Multi-branch connection".

Any ideas of what it might be? I am not looking for an Italian translation, but more of a correct English definition.
f_padovani
Italy
star connection
Explanation:
I'm pretty sure this is talking about the type of electrical connection for a 3-phase machine.

There are two types of 3-phase connection possible: 'star' (in the US, called 'Y' or 'wye'), where the machine is connected between each of the 3 phases and neutral (so the connection diagrame looks like a 'Y' or rather miserable 'star'!
Or 'delta' (from the Greek letter capital delta: Δ), where the machine is connected between the phases (i.e. with no neutral connection) — the resulting connection diagram looks like a triangle.

For most equipment, only one of these types of connection is possible, and using the incorrect type could lead to a hazard — at the very least, non-functioning of the device!

Is this explanation consistent with the rest of your context?

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Note added at 71 jours (2017-10-06 09:51:42 GMT) Post-grading
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While it is possible, given the provenance of this clearly incorrect EN term, that it could indeed mean simply a multiple connection as suggested by Diego, this seems less likely to me in the context of an "industrial machine" — presumably Asker may know more about this machine, whether or not it does use 3-phase power, what sort of power it draws, whether it is intended to be plugged into a conventional wall socket outlet, etc. — than it might in say a domestic or office context, where such multi-point connections are common (though to be deprecated!)
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Tony M
France
Local time: 10:15
Grading comment
Thank you for the explaination!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3non attacchiamolo a multiprese
Diego Delfino
3star connection
Tony M
Summary of reference entries provided
photographic image
Port City

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
star-burst connection
non attacchiamolo a multiprese


Explanation:
Il senso è questo: Non colleghiamolo a prese affollate.
"Do not provide the power cable with star-burst connection.
The star-burst connection in which many power plugs are connected to a specific outlet may heat power cords and the outlet to cause fire. Further, the star-burst connection may consume the power excessively to shut down the breaker"

Un'altra possibilità è invece: cavi intrecciati/sovrapposti
cavi ingarbugliati ma non credo sia questo il caso.

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Note added at 37 mins (2017-07-26 19:57:54 GMT)
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"Non collegare troppe spine alla presa"
https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

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Note added at 39 mins (2017-07-26 20:00:32 GMT)
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Evitare di collegare troppe spine a una singola presa elettrica
ftp://download.epson-europe.com/pub/download/3728/epson37282...
(A volte si usa il verbo allacciare)
ftp://download.epson-europe.com/pub/download/3728/epson37282...

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Note added at 42 mins (2017-07-26 20:03:32 GMT)
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Ho trovato chi usa il termine anche in inglese!
---------- collegamenti “starburst” -----------
http://www.daikin.it/docs/FTXZ-N_IM_IT_3P338604-1C-tcm478-30...

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Note added at 43 mins (2017-07-26 20:04:04 GMT)
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Non usare fi li dotati di prese intermedie, prolunghe o collegamenti “starburst”, perché potrebbero causare surriscaldamento, scosse
elettriche o incendi.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2017-07-27 09:27:31 GMT)
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I had found many results for star-burst connection, which remains my answer.
Term used also in the Epson links in my answer

Diego Delfino
Italy
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: please note this is En >En question
12 hrs
  -> Thank you! I hadn't noticed it.
neutral  Tony M: Conceivable, but probably unlikely in the context of an "industrial machine", which we may infer might draw a much heavier current than would be possible in this kind of configuration.
71 days
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
star-burst connection [english definition]
star connection


Explanation:
I'm pretty sure this is talking about the type of electrical connection for a 3-phase machine.

There are two types of 3-phase connection possible: 'star' (in the US, called 'Y' or 'wye'), where the machine is connected between each of the 3 phases and neutral (so the connection diagrame looks like a 'Y' or rather miserable 'star'!
Or 'delta' (from the Greek letter capital delta: Δ), where the machine is connected between the phases (i.e. with no neutral connection) — the resulting connection diagram looks like a triangle.

For most equipment, only one of these types of connection is possible, and using the incorrect type could lead to a hazard — at the very least, non-functioning of the device!

Is this explanation consistent with the rest of your context?

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 71 jours (2017-10-06 09:51:42 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

While it is possible, given the provenance of this clearly incorrect EN term, that it could indeed mean simply a multiple connection as suggested by Diego, this seems less likely to me in the context of an "industrial machine" — presumably Asker may know more about this machine, whether or not it does use 3-phase power, what sort of power it draws, whether it is intended to be plugged into a conventional wall socket outlet, etc. — than it might in say a domestic or office context, where such multi-point connections are common (though to be deprecated!)


Tony M
France
Local time: 10:15
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Reference comments


2 days 17 hrs
Reference: photographic image

Reference information:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/multiple-electrical...

Port City
New Zealand
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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