Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

3LNPE

English translation:

3LNPE (3 live + neutral + protective earth)

Added to glossary by Anton Konashenok
Oct 16, 2010 13:15
13 yrs ago
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French term

LNPE

French to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng electrical specs
What does this stand for? It's on the electrical specifications for a piece of milling equipment manufactured in Switzerland. The abbreviations may be international, as I found them in a bi-lingual EN-DE document, but I'm not sure. I think they refer to power cables.
Here's the whole thing:
400V 50 Hz
 3LNPE  3L+PE
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 3 live + neutral + protective earthing
Change log

Nov 6, 2010 23:37: Anton Konashenok Created KOG entry

Discussion

Anton Konashenok Oct 16, 2010:
Meirs - Yes, that's definitely true.
meirs Oct 16, 2010:
No translation required in fact 3LNPE is understood practically worldwide

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): 3LNPE
Selected

3 live + neutral + protective earthing

a type of 3-phase power wiring
Peer comment(s):

agree Horserock Tr (X) : 3 phase so L1 L2 L3 with Neutral and Protective Earth. (CEE regulations I think)
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Thanks!
agree meirs : Exactly
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Thanks!
agree Tony M
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Thank you, Tony
agree chris collister : Works for me...
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Thank you, Chris
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks everyone. I thought it might be international but wasn't sure. "
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