tomgångslast

English translation: idling load

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Swedish term or phrase:tomgångslast
English translation:idling load
Entered by: George Hopkins

11:30 Mar 7, 2013
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Energy / Power Generation
Swedish term or phrase: tomgångslast
I have found a couple of references to "idling loads", but I'm really not sure whether this is a suitable translation for this context:

"En stor del av aktiviteterna som är relaterade till tryckluft, belysning och tomgångslast syftar till att minska el- och energianvändningen."

Thanks in advance,

/Richard
Richard Green
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:26
idling load
Explanation:
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Note added at 23 hrs (2013-03-08 10:38:55 GMT)
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Idling load, for example:
The load on a car engine when ticking over, imposed by its generator, circulation pump, air conditioning, etc. Ie, while the car is stationary.
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George Hopkins
Local time: 15:26
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4 +1idling load
George Hopkins
4no-load
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no-load


Explanation:
According to Ordnett.no and Stor Norsk-Engelsk Ordbok, also search for no--load in the pdf in the second reference. It even explains the concept


    Reference: http://ordnett.no/search?search=tomgangslast&lang=en
    Reference: http://www.tellurex.com/pdf/seebeck-faq.pdf
Lene Johansen
Local time: 10:26
Native speaker of: Norwegian (Bokmal)
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Really useful! Thanks Lene!

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idling load


Explanation:
:-

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Note added at 23 hrs (2013-03-08 10:38:55 GMT)
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Idling load, for example:
The load on a car engine when ticking over, imposed by its generator, circulation pump, air conditioning, etc. Ie, while the car is stationary.

George Hopkins
Local time: 15:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 53
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks George, but do you have a reference or explanation? I'd like to try to understand what an "idling load" is, so if you have a reference then that would be really useful for me.


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agree  Sven Petersson
8 mins
  -> Thank you Sven
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