abaixamento de tensão

English translation: step down to working voltage

02:14 Apr 15, 2016
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
Portuguese term or phrase: abaixamento de tensão
O responsável fará as necessárias ligações de água e energia elétrica, até o local dos serviços, orientado pelo Supervisor, inclusive o abaixamento das tensões de uso e suas distribuições.
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Local time: 11:17
English translation:step down to working voltage
Explanation:
or
'stepping down to working voltage'

A better one was last week somebody was cutting down power poles with can transformers on them for 3 phase 13,000 volt to step down to working voltage.
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/archive/index.php/t-20374.h...

I expect some one in the field could word it better.
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4voltage drop; voltage reduction; voltage decrease
Matheus Chaud
4power outage
Nick Taylor
2step down to working voltage
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voltage drop; voltage reduction; voltage decrease


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Matheus Chaud
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Local time: 11:17
Works in field
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power outage


Explanation:
power outage

Nick Taylor
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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neutral  Mario Freitas: Not an outage, Nick. It's a reduction, not a shutdown.
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  -> Ok Fair enough. Thanks Mário
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abaixamento de tensão de uso
step down to working voltage


Explanation:
or
'stepping down to working voltage'

A better one was last week somebody was cutting down power poles with can transformers on them for 3 phase 13,000 volt to step down to working voltage.
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/archive/index.php/t-20374.h...

I expect some one in the field could word it better.

T o b i a s
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PRO pts in category: 52
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