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lightning arrester

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20:57 Jun 28, 2010
English to Catalan translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
Additional field(s): Energy / Power Generation, Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: lightning arrester
Definition from DIY Doctor:
A device that connects to and protects an electrical system from lightning and other voltage surges.

Example sentence(s):
  • Lightning arresters are installed on many different pieces of equipment such as power poles and towers, power transformers, circuit breakers, bus structures, and steel superstructures in substations. United States Department of Labor
  • The present invention relates to a lightning arrester comprising resistance elements made of zinc oxide as a main component, having a nonlinear voltage-current characteristic and being disposed in an insulating cylinder... Free Patents Online
  • This reduction in resistance continues until the lightning arrester acts just like a direct short to ground. Upon reaching this condition, the lightning energy diverts to ground away from the protected equipment, thus reducing the effect of the overvoltage. EC&M
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Alejandro Cavalitto
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5descarregador de sobretensió
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz


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descarregador de sobretensió


Definition from TERMCAT:
Aparell que desvia cap a terra les sobretensions que apareixen en les línies i instal·laicons elèctriques a fi que no es produeixin avaries en les màquines i els aparells elèctrics de la instal·lació.

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  • Ha de limitar l'amplitud i la durada del corrent a fi d'evitar la desconnexió dels disjuntors o la fusió dels fusibles. Generalment hom utilitza com a parallamps el descarregador de sobretensió. - Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana  

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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
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Local time: 05:15
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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