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traveler

Spanish translation: Conductor

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English term or phrase:traveler
Spanish translation:Conductor
Entered by: Paola Nobizelli

14:56 Nov 16, 2022
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation
English term or phrase: traveler
Three-Way Switches

A three-way switch is marked with the symbol S3 on a wiring plan.
In this case, three-wire cable is used to carry the two travelers and the neutral.

Muchas gracias
Paola Nobizelli
Chile
Local time: 17:28
Conductor
Explanation:
Un interruptor de tres vías está marcado con el símbolo S3 en un plano de cableado.
En este caso, se utiliza un cable de tres hilos para llevar los dos conductores (menosel cable de tierra, claro) y el neutro.
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:28
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Muchas gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4Conductor
Andrew Bramhall
3conector interno
Alberto de Antonio Rivera
4 -2fases
Víctor Zamorano


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Conductor


Explanation:
Un interruptor de tres vías está marcado con el símbolo S3 en un plano de cableado.
En este caso, se utiliza un cable de tres hilos para llevar los dos conductores (menosel cable de tierra, claro) y el neutro.

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Muchas gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jennifer Levey: The neutral is also a conductor, so your translation doesn't reflect the specific nature of the 'travelers'.//Double-disagree - this is AC wiring - there's no + vs -.
13 mins
  -> Alright, positive conductor then; earthed current is negative current.
agree  Giovanni Rengifo: I think you're absolutely right. I'd use "conductor" too. A three-wire cable consists of two conductors and a neutral. "de tres hilos" is fine, but I think "trifilar" is commonly used.
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fases


Explanation:
No sé mucho de instalaciones eléctricas, pero sé que se dice así.

Víctor Zamorano
Spain
Local time: 23:28
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jennifer Levey: This is very misleading, because there is only one fase, which powers the load via one 'traveler' or the other.
1 hr
disagree  Giovanni Rengifo: I think Jennifer's right here. It seems apparent they're speaking of a single-phase power supply system.
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conector interno


Explanation:
Tipically, a traveler system or "common" system used to control one single location uses two 3-way switches in a compact array, interconected by a pair of wires called "travelers" in the US and "strappers" in the UK. The array is fed with the phase or hot conductor, and the neutral conductor, the latter one passing through the array via a third wire or neutral connector. After passing through the array, the hot and neutral conductors are fed to the load. Thus, the two "travelers" are nothing but two internal connectors located inside the array. Note that the Wikipedia ilustration does not show the third neutral connector.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nep7yHHLGec
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiway_switching
Alberto de Antonio Rivera
Spain
Local time: 23:28
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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