This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Dutch to English
  3. Electronics / Elect Eng

onderhoudswandcontactdoos

English translation: maintenance socket

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Dutch term or phrase:onderhoudswandcontactdoos
English translation:maintenance socket
Entered by: Ilke Fabritius

18:21 Oct 21, 2005
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
Dutch term or phrase: onderhoudswandcontactdoos
In elke ruimte moet er een onderhoudswandcontactdoos aangebracht zijn ter hoogte van de toegangsdeur en minstens 1 wandcontactdoos per 10 m². (talking about an industrial building)

What is an "onderhoudswandcontactdoos" and what's it called in English?
Ilke Fabritius
Local time: 15:18
maintenance socket
Explanation:
a maintenance socket is an electrical socket or set of sockets that electrically powered maintenance equipment (cleaning machines, etc.) can be plugged into. The equipment usually has a limited length of power cable, that is why the sockets must be placed at access door height and not too far apart.

I dont understand the 10 m²? I suspect this a typo for 10 m² (10 square metres) as a guide to the spacing of the sockets around the area concerned

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 31 mins (2005-10-21 18:53:13 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

the sockets in your case are, of course, wall-mounted maintenance sockets

here is a couple of references (from over 29,000):

Manufacture, design, service and maintenance of electronic products; ... Enclosures, cabinets and racks/floor-standing, wall-mounted, or portable types; ...
technews.co.za/downloads/dw_2005.pdf

Wall-mounted meter sockets must be accessible on an exterior wall to ensure access for meter reading or emergency maintenance. The appropriate meter socket ...
www.sumteremc.com/surveys.htm
Selected response from:

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 15:18
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3maintenance socket
Dave Calderhead
4servicing wall outlet
D.K. Tannwitz


  

Answers


21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
servicing wall outlet


Explanation:
for maintenance

D.K. Tannwitz
Germany
Local time: 15:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Dave Calderhead: Sorry, no hits for '"servicing wall outlet" for maintenance '- and it sounds a) very US and b) like an ATM at a bank (:-{(>
15 mins
agree  Jack den Haan: ... although I would render this as 'service wall outlet'. See http://www.knoll.com/products/pricelists/CURRENTS_SERVICE_WA... Agree with Dave about US English!
31 mins
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
maintenance socket


Explanation:
a maintenance socket is an electrical socket or set of sockets that electrically powered maintenance equipment (cleaning machines, etc.) can be plugged into. The equipment usually has a limited length of power cable, that is why the sockets must be placed at access door height and not too far apart.

I dont understand the 10 m²? I suspect this a typo for 10 m² (10 square metres) as a guide to the spacing of the sockets around the area concerned

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 31 mins (2005-10-21 18:53:13 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

the sockets in your case are, of course, wall-mounted maintenance sockets

here is a couple of references (from over 29,000):

Manufacture, design, service and maintenance of electronic products; ... Enclosures, cabinets and racks/floor-standing, wall-mounted, or portable types; ...
technews.co.za/downloads/dw_2005.pdf

Wall-mounted meter sockets must be accessible on an exterior wall to ensure access for meter reading or emergency maintenance. The appropriate meter socket ...
www.sumteremc.com/surveys.htm


Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 15:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saskia Steur (X): or: maintenance socket outlets - I can live with that Dave, I only suggested it as it often used in BrE specifications
17 mins
  -> Thanks, Saskia (:-{)> Personally, I don't like using outlet., as the socket doesn't let electricity out unless you plug something (even a finger?) into it.
agree  Jack den Haan: maintenance wall socket? // OK Dave, I'll let you have it your way. Only for once though ;-) // :-)
35 mins
  -> Thanks, Jack. (:-{)> Naah - I prefer wall-mounted maintenance socket., as per note above.// You are too kind (;-{)>
agree  Jacqueline van der Spek
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jacqueline. (:-{)>
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search