Wohnungsverteiler
English translation: Consumer unit
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| 4 | home distributor (home cabling) or home gateway |
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| 4 | Consumer unit |
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| 2 +1 | circuit-breaker box |
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home distributor (home cabling) or home gateway Explanation: home distributor (home cabling) Or flat distributor |
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peer agreement (net): +1circuit-breaker box Explanation: Each apartment has its own circuit-breaker box installed (the "verteiler" is redundant). Actually, standard circuit breakers in apartments (as opposed to switching cabinets) come commonly in panel form |
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Consumer unit Explanation: In the UK, this is called a consumer unit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_unit http://www.wickes.co.uk/Products/Electrical Lighting/Electri... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_unit Reference: http://www.wickes.co.uk/Products/Electrical+Lighting/Electri... |
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| Reference: Info Reference information: A distribution board (also known as panelboard or breaker panel) is a component of an electricity supply system which divides an electrical power feed into subsidiary circuits, while providing a protective fuse or circuit breaker for each circuit in a common enclosure. Normally, a main switch, and in recent boards, one or more residual-current devices (RCD) or residual current breakers with overcurrent protection (RCBO), are also incorporated. Distribution boards are also referred to as a: breaker panel circuit breaker panel consumer unit, or CU electrical panel fuseboard electric board fusebox. breaker box load centre/center panelboard power breaker service panel DB board (South Africa) ACDB (alternating current distribution board) DCDB (direct current distribution board) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_board |
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