Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

ground fault current circuit breaker

French translation:

disjoncteur différentiel

Added to glossary by Tony M
Nov 4, 2016 07:17
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English term

ground fault current circuit breaker

English to French Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng protective devices
Check the ground fault current circuit breaker regularly according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Change log

Nov 4, 2016 07:37: Tony M changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "protective devices"

Nov 18, 2016 06:23: Tony M Created KOG entry

Discussion

Johannes Gleim Nov 18, 2016:
@ Nikko For the records: Can you please indicate the term used in your translation? Thank you in advance!
Johannes Gleim Nov 7, 2016:
There are no much references in the internet for the asked term, found only one description:

Type number: AK667610--
Designation: Combined MCB/RCD (RCBO) 1+N, AMPARO 6kA, C 10A, 30mA, Typ A
Function template: Ground fault current circuit breaker, two-pole
http://www.eplandata.de/portal/en_US/part/SCHR.AK667610--?mf...

Notes:
MCB means miniature circuit breaker (coupe-circuit miniature)
RCBO means Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Overcurrent Protection (interrupteur à courant différentiel résiduel avec protection contre les surintensités)

So, you can be sure, the question is about MCB/RCD (RCBO) and that the interpretation is correct.
Tony M Nov 7, 2016:
@ Johannes That's all very well, but it involves translating a different source term, as the actual term asked is not included within the official 'approved' glossary.

So what you are in effect saying is that we should not translate the term the writer used, because we know better what they SHOULD have said?

Whilst technically I understand your arguments, I don't believe it is within our remit as translators to change the source text into "what we think it should have been". Otherwise, there are very many errors that ought to be 'corrected' as we see them go through, and it would be difficult to know where to stop!
Johannes Gleim Nov 7, 2016:
Teminology standardized by IEC I do not discredit any proposal, but recommend to use standardized terminology as this will exclude any confusion.

The IEC standardizes all relevant terminology for electrical subjects in the most current languages, including French and English in order to develop international standards. The English and French term are contributed by the UK and French standardization committees. Only US organizations did not participate in worldwide standardization for long time and developed their own terminology and rules.

The US term is Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI), differing from the IEC standardized terms: Residual Current Device (RCD) and Residual-Current Circuit Breaker (RCCB). The French equivalents are Dispositif Différentiel Résiduel (DDR) and interrupteur différentiel (ID).

Other terminology is also used, but depreciated, like the asked term.

BTW: During my activities as approval engineer (certified by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.) and factory inspector for 21 years I communicated with testing laboratories and certification institutes (like LCIE, UTE; COFRAC in France; ATL and BEAB in UK; UL and FM in USA) and inspected relevant manufacturers.

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disjoncteur différentiel

A circuit-breaker is a specific type of protective device. It's more than just a simple switch.

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The EN source text calls it a '...circuit-breaker' — this rather tends to suggest, or at least, certainly does not preclude, the possiiblity that this device is ALSO an over-current circuit breaker; that's what circuit-breaker means in EN, in the broadest terms, and the writer did NOT write 'RCCB' or 'RCD' as they perfectly well might have done had they so wished.

I think it is therefore vital to avoid either under- or over-interpretation here

The IEC, via its Electropedia portal, makes no direct suggestion for the entire source term as asked. It does however have this entry for 'circuit-breaker', which explains the device as I understand it:

circuit-breaker
a mechanical switching device, capable of making, carrying and breaking currents under normal circuit conditions and also making, carrying for a specified time and breaking currents under specified abnormal circuit conditions such as those of short circuit

disjoncteur, m
dispositif mécanique de coupure capable d'établir, de supporter et d'interrompre des courants dans les conditions normales du circuit, ainsi que d'établir, de supporter pendant une durée spécifiée et d'interrompre des courants dans des conditions anormales spécifiées du circuit telles que celles du court-circuit

I don't see anything in the source text given here which could possibly rule out this translation of the 'circuit-breaker' part of the source term, which is what seems to be causing problems for some people, perhaps due to confusion with other languages.

I suspect the "ground fault current" is more US usage — certainly, I am less familiar with it in GB usage; however, the inference of this part of the term is clear; in essence, this sounds like what in GB used to be called an ELCB (= Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker); in fact, there is nothing to say that this is specifically a differential device, although that is of course the commonest technology used; but it is not the only possibility.

In the absence of wider context, I think it is safe to assume this is indeed a device that uses measurement of differential current to infer a ground fault.

So I stand entirely by my original suggestion, despite those who might seek to discredit it.
Peer comment(s):

agree Antoine Dequidt
2 mins
Merci, Antoine !
agree FX Fraipont (X)
31 mins
Merci, F-X !
agree Didier Fourcot
52 mins
Merci, Didier !
agree Proelec
2 hrs
Merci Proelec !
agree Marcombes (X)
5 hrs
Thanks, Marcombes!
agree GILLES MEUNIER
2 days 3 hrs
Merci, Gilles ! Bon dimanche !
disagree Johannes Gleim : Pardon, pas de « disjoncteur », mais « dispositif » ou bien « interrupteur » selon les CEI, voir Electropedia.
2 days 11 hrs
This is the commonly-used term, even by manufacturers of such devices.
agree Kim Metzger
2 days 13 hrs
Thanks, Kim!
agree Schtroumpf
3 days 12 hrs
Merci, Schtroumpf !
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interrupteur différentiel

interrupteur de courant de fuite...

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OK Tony : http://www.energuide.be/fr/questions-reponses/quelle-est-la-...
Peer comment(s):

neutral Tony M : But a circuit-breaker is a 'disjoncteur'! / Ah OK, but I think that's a specifically Belgian usage!
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Dispositif Différentiel Résiduel (DDR)

A “ground fault current circuit breaker” is a “ground fault circuit interrupter”, see:

A residual-current device (RCD), or residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB), is a device that instantly breaks an electric circuit to prevent serious harm from an ongoing electric shock. Injury may still occur in some cases, for example if a human falls after receiving a shock. In the United States and Canada, the device is more commonly known as a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), ground fault interrupter (GFI) or an appliance leakage current interrupter (ALCI). In the United Kingdom, these are better known by their initials RCD, and a combined RCD+MCB is known as a RCBO (residual-current circuit breaker with overcurrent protection). In Australia, they are sometimes known as safety switches or a RCD. An earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB) may be a residual-current device, although an older type of voltage-operated earth leakage circuit breaker also exists. In German-speaking countries the device is sometimes known as FI where the F stands for fault (Fehler) and I for the symbol that represents electric current.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device
(Unfortunately, no French page linked)

Un interruptor diferencial (ID), también llamado dispositivo diferencial residual (DDR), es un dispositivo electromecánico que se coloca en las instalaciones eléctricas de corriente alterna con el fin de proteger a las personas de los contactos directos e indirectos provocados por el contacto con partes activas de la instalación (contacto directo) o con elementos sometidos a potencial debido, por ejemplo, a una derivación por falta de aislamiento de partes activas de la instalación (contacto indirecto). También protegen contra los incendios que pudieran provocar dichas derivaciones.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interruptor_diferencial

Fehlerstrom-Schutzschalter (RCD, von engl. Residual-Current Device oder RCCB, von engl. Residual-Current Circuit Breaker, sinngemäß Differenzstrom-Schutzeinrichtung) sind die am häufigsten verwendeten Geräte aus der übergeordneten Gruppe der Fehlerstrom-Schutzeinrichtungen.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehlerstrom-Schutzschalter

Area Electrical accessories / Circuit-breakers and similar equipment for household use
IEV ref 442-05-02
en residual current device
RCD
, (abbreviation) a mechanical switching device designed to make, carry and break currents under normal service conditions and to cause the opening of the contacts when the residual current attains a given value under specified conditions

Note – A residual current device can be a combination of various separate elements designed to detect and evaluate the residual current and to make and break current.
fr dispositif (de coupure) différentiel, m
dispositif (à courant) différentiel résiduel, m
DDR (abréviation) m dispositif mécanique de coupure destiné à établir, supporter et couper des courants dans les conditions de service normales et à provoquer l'ouverture des contacts quand le courant différentiel atteint, dans des conditions spécifiées, une valeur donnée

Note – Un dispositif de coupure différentiel peut être une combinaison de divers éléments séparés conçus pour détecter et mesurer le courant différentiel et pour établir ou interrompre le courant.
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...

DDR/HS
Dispositif Différentiel Résiduel Haute Sensibilité (Fehlerstrom-Schutzeinrichtung hoher Empfindlichkeit) ≤ 30 mA
DDR/MS
Dispositif Différentiel Résiduel Moyenne Sensibilité (Fehlerstrom-Schutzeinrichtung mittlerer Empfindlichkeit)
DDR/BS
Dispositif Différentiel Résiduel Basse Sensibilité (Fehlerstrom-Schutzeinrichtung niedriger Empfindlichkeit)
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

Cet appareil peut être installé dans les volumes 2 ou 3, à condition que l’alimentation électrique soit protégée par un dispositif différentiel résiduel de courant assigné au plus égal à 30mA.
:
4. RACCORDEMENT ELECTRIQUE
L’installation doit comporter un dispositif de coupure omnipolaire ayant une distance d’ouverture des contacts d’au moins 3 mm. L’alimentation électrique doit être protégée par un dispositif différentiel résiduel de courant assigné au plus égal à 30mA, notamment dans le cas d’une installation dans un local contenant une baignoire ou une douche.
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

Pour davantage de sécurité, vous pouvez faire installer un dispositif di‡ érentiel résiduel (DDR) avec un courant nominal de déclenchement de maximum 30 mA.
Demandez conseil à un électricien.
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

Le Dispositif Différentiel Résiduel est un appareil de protection qui surveille le courant résiduel consécutif à la somme des courants vectoriels des conducteurs actifs. Par définition la somme des courants de l'ensemble des conducteurs (phases + neutre + terre) est nulle dans une distribution électrique.
:
Le Dispositif Différentiel Résiduel joue un rôle de plus en plus important dans la sécurité électrique, sécurité des personnes et sécurité des biens. Tous les pays industrialisés utilisent les DDR dans le logement, le tertiaire ou l'industrie, avec des schémas de liaisons à la terre différents.
Les DDR actuels répondent tous aux normes de construction. Leur technologie continue de progresser en terme de fiabilité et de tenue aux perturbations rencontrées sur les installations électriques. Schneider Electric, leader mondial de l'appareillage électrique basse tension, se doit de faire évoluer ses produits et propose ainsi une gamme de DDR complète, à haut niveau d'immunité, pour toutes les applications (pages 10 et 11).
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

Voir aussi : Principe du Dispositif Différentiel Résiduel (DDR).
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

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Area Electrical accessories / Circuit-breakers and similar equipment for household use
IEV ref 442-05-03
en residual current operated circuit-breaker without integral overcurrent protection
RCCB (abbreviation) a residual current operated switching device not designed to perform the functions of protection against overloads and/or short-circuits
fr interrupteur différentiel sans protection incorporée contre les surintensités, m
ID (abréviation) m dispositif de coupure différentiel non conçu pour réaliser les fonctions de protection contre les surcharges et/ou les courts-circuits
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...
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