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Feb 17, 2012 10:29
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French term

PCN /PCD

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering Building Plans
Hello all,
This comes from a document on an office development in Paris. I'm having problems finding these acronyms and am not sure whether I can leave them as they are or not. Many thanks for any help.

Chaque trame de façade est équipée de 2 nourrices (connectique de type Wago), équipées de 3 PCN et de 3 PCD (onduleurs non-prévus) situées en faux plancher dont le plénum est d’environ 7 cm. Les 2 armoires électriques de chaque niveau ont une réserve de 20%.
References
found almost immediately on www
Prise de courant détrompée

Discussion

Tony M Feb 17, 2012:
@ David Yes, 'N' for 'Normal' is perfectly usual as I pointed out below; what is less usual, however, is the 'D' for some kind of back-up supply, if indeed that's what this is.
David Hayes Feb 17, 2012:
I think the answerer has actually hit upon the right answer. My guess is that the 'N' is a variant ('normal' instead of 'standard')

http://www.seae.com/cat_seae/upload/fiche/seae_5258_p7_1_cir...
Tony M Feb 17, 2012:
PC 'Prise de courant' is logical enough, and N for Normal too; but 'détrompé' seems on the face of it surprising in this context, since they mention onduleurs. I'd have expected e.g. 'S' for 'secouru', but either 'D' maybe some other term meaning the same thing, or it is a related term.

Try and glean extra clues from elsewhere in your text.

Reference comments

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Reference:

found almost immediately on www

DESIGN AND ENGINEERING PRACTICE
blog.industrialdefender.com/.../wib-m-2784-x10-v1.0-pcs-requireme...
France. Disclaimer: Every effort is made to provide accurate information in this ..... Process Control Domain. PCN. Process Control Network. This is equivalent to ...
Note from asker:
Thanks so much, didn't think of trying www
Think it's Prise de courant normal/Prise de courant détrompé, but thanks for the try
Peer comments on this reference comment:
neutral Tony M : Unlikely, given the context — these seem to be actual concrete, physical items of equipment.
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you know what I know about this field. it's the danger of posting refs in the dark......
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Reference:

Prise de courant détrompée

Though I don't know much about electrical installations and note that Tony the guru has discounted this possibility, it gets lots of relevant ghits when looking for PCN and PCD in close association.

www.creg.ac-versailles.fr/docs/dossier_region_IDF_precablag...
Format de fichier: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Afficher
prises de courant mentionnées seront ces prises détrompées. ... Dans le tableau ci-dessus, la mention PCN désigne des prises électriques « normales » par opposition à la mention PCD qui désigne des prises électriques « détrompées ».

www.seae.fr/.../seae_boxsol_mf10-mf12_faux_plancher_fiche_c...
Format de fichier: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
PCD - Prise de courant détrompée 10/16A. PCN - Prise de courant. 10/16A. Câble seul : (HO5 VV-F - HO7 RN-F). Câble + connecteur Mâle : (HO5 VV-F - HO7 ...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Tony M : Right! I was obviously looking at it the wrong way, this MUST be right then!
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