compteur petit calibre

English translation: small (size) water meter

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French term or phrase:compteur petit calibre
English translation:small (size) water meter
Entered by: Carla Selyer

11:40 Jul 28, 2020
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Water meter specs
French term or phrase: compteur petit calibre
Part of a list of specs for a water meter - other examples listed are 'compteur – gros calibre'.
Carla Selyer
Local time: 11:19
small (size) water meter
Explanation:
Another source that refers to 'small size water meters': https://www.projproc.com/tender/11033-supply-small-size-wate...

‘Calibre’ refers to the pipe diameter, the NPS (Nominal Pipe Size), or DN (le diamètre nominal):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominal_Pipe_Size

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/nps-nominal-pipe-sizes-d_...

Another possibility is ‘jet meters (single-jet and multi-jet) and displacement meters’ for ‘compteurs d'eau de petit calibre’.

And ‘turbine meter’ or ‘bulk (flow) water meters’ for ‘compteurs d'eau gros calibre’.

Working from this classification:
smarteo-water.e-monsite.com/pages/questions/le-compteur-d-eau/les-types-de-compteur-d-eau.html

And this Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_metering
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Robert Such
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Thank you for the detailed references. It was very helpful.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1low-capacity meter
Tony M
4small (size) water meter
Robert Such
2low flow water meter
SafeTex
3 -1small-diameter water meter
liz askew
Summary of reference entries provided
"Compteurs d’eau" for beginners ...
Daryo

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
low-capacity meter


Explanation:
One possible way of handling this, which might well work in this context...

Tony M
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agree  philgoddard: I agree with all these answers, but you were first. "Calibre" would work too.
6 hrs
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low flow water meter


Explanation:
It could be this but I'm not sure if this means that the meter is capable of detecting low flows or limits the flow to low. Both meanings seem to be suggested in my references


    https://www.flows.com/low-flow-water-meters/
    https://proconit.com.au/products/flow-meters/agricultural-industrial-water-flow-meters/seb-low-flow-water-meter
SafeTex
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Asker: Thank you.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
small (size) water meter


Explanation:
Another source that refers to 'small size water meters': https://www.projproc.com/tender/11033-supply-small-size-wate...

‘Calibre’ refers to the pipe diameter, the NPS (Nominal Pipe Size), or DN (le diamètre nominal):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominal_Pipe_Size

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/nps-nominal-pipe-sizes-d_...

Another possibility is ‘jet meters (single-jet and multi-jet) and displacement meters’ for ‘compteurs d'eau de petit calibre’.

And ‘turbine meter’ or ‘bulk (flow) water meters’ for ‘compteurs d'eau gros calibre’.

Working from this classification:
smarteo-water.e-monsite.com/pages/questions/le-compteur-d-eau/les-types-de-compteur-d-eau.html

And this Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_metering


    https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:315241-2019:TEXT:FR:HTML
    Reference: http://mission.sfgov.org/oca_bid_attachments/FA42063.pdf
Robert Such
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Thank you for the detailed references. It was very helpful.
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small-diameter water meter


Explanation:
Frequently Asked Questions on Water Meters - YomteYyomtey-meter.com › frequently-asked-questions-on-wa...
4 Sep 2019 - Generally, the small-diameter water meter can be directly arranged according to the nominal diameter of the pipe. However, under the same ...

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Le choix du calibre du compteur - Smarteo waterwww.smarteo-water.com › le-choix-d...- Translate this page
Pour les petites canalisations, le choix ne pose en général aucun problème. On installe dans la quasi totalité des cas un compteur de calibre (on dit aussi diamètre) ...

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Large Diameter Remote Ultrasonic Water Meter - SH Meterswww.sh-meters.com › ultrasonic-water-meter › large-di...
The large-diameter water meter monitoring can timely and accurately read the meter, find the fault of the measuring instrument itself and various human-induced ...

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"calibre" is translated as "diameter" when talking of arteries in medical texts.

liz askew
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Asker: Thank you, Liz.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daryo: whatever the medical profession does with "calibre" when it comes to water meters, it's not a "diameter"
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Reference comments


2 days 7 hrs
Reference: "Compteurs d’eau" for beginners ...

Reference information:
La classe A, B ou C définit la précision de la mesure en fonction de son débit minimal (+/- 5%) et de son débit de transition (+/- 2%).Pour un calibre donné, les compteurs de différentes classes ont les mêmes Qn et Qmax. Un compteur de classe C mesure les petits débits avec plus de précision qu’un compteur de classe A.Tous nos compteurs d’eau sont en conformité avec la norme ISO 4064.

Compteurs d’eau
Calibre----mm----Qn m3/h Débit nominal ----Qmax m3/h Débit max.

Classe AClasse BClasse C
Qmin L/hQt L/hQmin L/hQt L/hQmin L/hQt L/h


15---20/27-- --1,5----3-----60----150-----30----120----15----22,5----

20---26/34-----2,5----5----100----250-----50----200----25----37,5----
25---33/42-----3,5----7----140----350-----70----280----35----52,5----

30---40/49-----6-----12----240----600----120----480----60----90------

40---50/60----10-----20----400---1000----200----800---100---150------


For the "caliber" 15 (the smallest) the diameter of the pipe varies between 20 and 27mm, the "nominal" flow (Débit nominal) is 1.5 cubic meter per hour (m3/h) the maximum flow (Débit max) that can be measured is 3 m3/h; depending on the "class" of the water meter, it will start mesuring if the water flow is at least 60 / 30 /15 liter per hour (class A / B / C)


https://media.anjou-connectique.com/media/wysiwyg/PDF/compte...

le calibre = the flow that the water counter is capable of measuring

Daryo
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
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