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earthed to the supply

English translation: earth wire in power cable plug must connect with the earth of the power supply socket

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English term or phrase:earthed to the supply
Selected answer:earth wire in power cable plug must connect with the earth of the power supply socket
Entered by: Dave Calderhead

09:09 May 7, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / banknote counting machine
English term or phrase: earthed to the supply
"The machine is of metal construction and ***must therefore always be earthed to the supply***. Ensure that both the plug on the supply lead and the supply source are earthed."

(English text of Swedish origin)

..earth connection connected to the supply?? does this make "electrical sense"??

Thanks!
Elena Ghetti
Italy
Local time: 03:38
chassis/body of machine must be earthed
Explanation:
via the earth wire in both the power supply socket and power cable plug.
Selected response from:

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 03:38
Grading comment
thanks!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +8chassis/body of machine must be earthed
Dave Calderhead


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
chassis/body of machine must be earthed


Explanation:
via the earth wire in both the power supply socket and power cable plug.

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 03:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
thanks!!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Dave!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, it's not brilliantly expressed, but basically means it must be connected to the same earth as the incoming supply (and not, for example, by some separate, external earth connection)
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Tony (:-{)>
agree  Jack Doughty: or in US English, grounded.
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Jack (:-{)>
agree  Marie Scarano
46 mins
  -> Thanks, Mariesca (:-{)>
agree  Hakki Ucar: ground sounds better than earth
53 mins
  -> Thanks Hakki (:-{)> See Jack's comment in his agree
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Vicky (:-{)>
agree  Can Altinbay: With Jack also
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Can (:-|)>
agree  jccantrell: Yep, being a USAen, I vote for ground, too.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, JC (:-{)>
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marju (:-{)>
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