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CUADRO GENERAL DE PROTECCIÓN Y DISTRIBUCIÓN

English translation: Distribution board/ Main Electrical Panel

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Spanish term or phrase:CUADRO GENERAL DE PROTECCIÓN Y DISTRIBUCIÓN
English translation:Distribution board/ Main Electrical Panel
Entered by: John Fennar

17:43 Jul 25, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / power systems
Spanish term or phrase: CUADRO GENERAL DE PROTECCIÓN Y DISTRIBUCIÓN
My knowledge of electrical is zero, and I simply can't find how to express it in English: Please help!
John Fennar
Local time: 19:36
Distribution board
Explanation:
It's a panel that provides electrical power through circuit breakers or fuses.
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Althea Draper
United Kingdom
Grading comment
Thanks a million to Althea for a raft of suggestions: speaking to my client, she recognises "Distribution board" as a term used in Catalunya for translation, but in her case the normal is simply "Main electrical panel"; as a footnote, she translates "subcuadre" as "secondary"
And thanks to all
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3Distribution board
Althea Draper
3fuse box
Lisa Rosengard


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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Distribution board


Explanation:
It's a panel that provides electrical power through circuit breakers or fuses.


    https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuadro_de_distribuci%C3%B3n
Althea Draper
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a million to Althea for a raft of suggestions: speaking to my client, she recognises "Distribution board" as a term used in Catalunya for translation, but in her case the normal is simply "Main electrical panel"; as a footnote, she translates "subcuadre" as "secondary"
And thanks to all

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James Swan
1 hr
agree  Bruno Dutra
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agree  AllegroTrans
2 days 3 hrs
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fuse box


Explanation:
The words describe protection and distribution (which, in this example, is a power supply) in a general frame; in other words, a fuse box.

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Note added at 2 days 18 hrs (2020-07-28 12:43:01 GMT) Post-grading
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"An electrical circuit breaker is a switching device that can be operated automatically or manually by protecting and controlling the electrical power system."
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Example sentence(s):
  • Este cuadro se sitúa en el interior de la vivienda y en él hayamos los elementos de control y protección de la instalación elécrica de nuestro hogar. Elementos de protección protegen a las personas y las instalaciones.
  • This frame (fuse box) is found inside the accommodation and in it we have the control and protection elements of our home electrical appliances. Protection elements protect people and appliances or installations.

    Reference: http://www.instalacionesenviviendas.weebly.com
    Reference: http://www.theicp.co.uk
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:36
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: Given that fuses on distribution boards are almost a thing of the past and that circuit-breakers have replaced them, do you really think this is the correct answer?
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