A/B-Strang

English translation: A/B [supply] bus

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German term or phrase:A/B-Strang
English translation:A/B [supply] bus
Entered by: scottmw90

13:14 Jan 20, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
German term or phrase: A/B-Strang
Das Rechenzentrum ist mit zwei redundanten Einspeisungen (A/B-Strang) für eine maximale Leistungsaufnahme von 2x 100kVA ausgelegt.

Zur Absicherung bei Stromausfällen und Spannungsschwankungen ist pro Strang (A/B) eine Drehstrom-USV-Anlage im Einsatz.

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This randomly appeared in what is otherwise an IT text and I'm not good at electrical terminology. I also can't seem to find anything online relating to an A/B-Strang. Leo suggests "phase element" but I'm really not sure.
scottmw90
Local time: 06:23
A/B [supply] bus
Explanation:
imho

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Note added at 29 mins (2020-01-20 13:43:33 GMT)
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This has to be "bus", Scott, because the second sentence in your sample provided translates to:

"A three-phase UPS system is used per bus (A/B) to protect against power failures and voltage fluctuations".

See also:
"27.5.3 Separate UpS with multilevel redundancy. Higher levels of redundancy can be achieved with a dual-bus system, especially if each bus gets its power from ..."

https://books.google.de/books?id=UjmtBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA516&lpg=P...
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Chris Pr
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:23
Grading comment
I went with this answer, thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4A/B phase
Kartik Isaac
4A/B [supply] bus
Chris Pr
4A/B wire harness or A/B cable assembly or A/B supply line
Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A/B phase


Explanation:
Three-phase systems have four lines: one for neutral, others for A, B and C phases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase_electric_power

Kartik Isaac
Switzerland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 35

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Richard Stephen: I can't image a large computer center having incoming lines with only one phase. I suspect each of the lines A and B has all three phases.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A/B [supply] bus


Explanation:
imho

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Note added at 29 mins (2020-01-20 13:43:33 GMT)
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This has to be "bus", Scott, because the second sentence in your sample provided translates to:

"A three-phase UPS system is used per bus (A/B) to protect against power failures and voltage fluctuations".

See also:
"27.5.3 Separate UpS with multilevel redundancy. Higher levels of redundancy can be achieved with a dual-bus system, especially if each bus gets its power from ..."

https://books.google.de/books?id=UjmtBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA516&lpg=P...


Chris Pr
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
I went with this answer, thanks a lot!
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A/B wire harness or A/B cable assembly or A/B supply line


Explanation:
I believe this might be understood quite literally, meaning the actual cables -
please see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_harness
https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/usb-type-c-different-u...


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Note added at 1 Tag 20 Stunden (2020-01-22 09:44:20 GMT)
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Other than this, I would agree with Chris

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Note added at 1 Tag 20 Stunden (2020-01-22 09:48:13 GMT)
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There's a nice image to be found here, by the way:
https://blinkende-lichter.de/die-richtige-stromversorgung-be...

Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
Germany
Local time: 07:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 28
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