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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

DESPLAZAMIENTO DE CABALLETES

English translation:

moving/displacement/changing pins/changing pin positions

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Dec 14, 2015 12:19
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Spanish term

DESPLAZAMIENTO DE CABALLETES

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) Air conditioning and intruder alarm unit
I'm unable to give a complete sentence as context, as it appears in a table listing the specifications of various products (air conditioning and/or intruder alarms)

Under 'programacion', where most of the products' entries say 'digital', this one says 'mediante desplazamiento de caballetes'

Thank you
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 moving/displacement/changing pins/changing pin positions
4 moving the slide pointers
1 moving the brackets / supports

Discussion

Andrew Bramhall Dec 14, 2015:
Is it the board or plate something is attached to? Caballete means something like an easel or a board of some kind; lever is usually 'palanca' Phil!
philgoddard Dec 14, 2015:
Can you tell us the name of the product? Or, if not, have you looked up the product yourself?
I'm wondering whether it could mean levers like on a timer switch.

Proposed translations

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moving/displacement/changing pins/changing pin positions

http://www.doepke.de/uploads/tx_doeprodukte/bedienungsanleit...

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also found
"tappets"....not so sure about this

D Bedienungsanleitung GB Operating instructions E Manual ...
www.astat.com.pl/download.php?file=pliki/finder...
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Switch-program input: Move the tappets to the left to switch. ON. The time period of one tappet is. 15 minutes. Programación: Mover los caballetes hacia el lado.

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oh, here they use "tappets":

http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0a81/090076...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-12-14 15:35:50 GMT)
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looks like "tappets" could be the word you are looking for:

User Guide - Horstmann
www.horstmann.co.uk/index.php/download_file/view/111/218/
The Horstmann 425 Coronet timeswitch is a single circuit central heating ... instructions contained in this user guide are designed to help with the programming and ... The four setting tappets, coloured red and blue, are moved around the ...
Note from asker:
That makes sense and thanks for all the links
Peer comment(s):
agree Neil Ashby : The picture in your last ref. looks similar to what I had in mind.
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6 hrs

moving the brackets / supports

caballete de soporte
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6 hrs

moving the slide pointers

"Caballete" can also be a sawhorse (UK - trestle). Some of the older timers were set with with a small slide having a sawhorse shaped pointer. The pointer would be moved (slid) over the edge of a metal disc marked with the hours/minutes and set in place by tightening a small screw attached to the pointer.
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