Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
lightning arrester
French translation:
parafoudre
English term
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lightning arrester
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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Proposed translations
parafoudre
La réglementation en vigueur recommande et impose même, dans certains cas, la pose d'un parafoudre. C'est pourquoi Hager édite son guide technique des parafoudres pour s'adapter aux nouvelles exigences de la norme NFC 15-100 (mise à jour en août 2005) et du guide technique UTE C15-443 (modifié en août 2004). (Hager)
Quel que soit le type de parafoudre, le principe reste le même. Le parafoudre se comporte un peu comme un interrupteur, qui au-delà d'un principe du parafoudre de type éclateurcertain seuil de tension va laisser s'échapper le courant électrique vers la terre, et ainsi éviter qu'il ne se fraye son propre chemin au sein des différents appareils raccordés au réseau électrique. (Entraidelec)
| See this site for pictures: http://www.legrand.fr/professionnels/les-parafoudres_442.html |
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