Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Bus or buss

Spanish translation:

barra de distribución

Added to glossary by Noni Gilbert Riley
Jan 17, 2016 14:46
8 yrs ago
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English term

Bus or buss

English to Spanish Tech/Engineering Safety Electricity
This appears along the manual sometimes as bus and others as buss. Not sure if it always refers to the same thing. The word buss sometimes appears as “conductor or buss”, but in other cases it speaks of a section of a buss being installed or removed, like this: If a section of buss or switch/disconnect is opened and work is to be performed on both sections of the open point, both sides shall be grounded.
But somewhere else I find bus, no double ss, in the following phrase:
Consider substation bus and equipment as energized until they have been isolated.
While researching, I ran into a forum where they even play around with the word buss meaning a kiss, and there are all sorts of jokes such as “don´t buss a bus”. I had fun, but now I really need to know what the difference is, if there even is one, and I´m at a real loss. Suggestions please? Many thanks to everyone out there working on a Sunday.
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Jan 22, 2016 12:49: Noni Gilbert Riley Created KOG entry

Discussion

Noni Gilbert Riley Jan 17, 2016:
@Juan Exactly.
A meaning of "buss" is "kiss". But in your context it has to be "bus" always: an electric conductor or systema of conductors for making a common connection between several circuits and distributing them.

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barra de distribución

Both spellings are admitted, but obviously you should stick to one throughout a text....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busbar

http://www.stormcopper.co.uk/
Peer comment(s):

agree eski : Totally agree: Stick with one or the other throughout your text. Saludos, Noni!!! :))
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Thanks Eski and a belated HNY to you!
agree David Murillo : 100% agree
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Thanks David.
agree JohnMcDove
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Thanks John.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Genial Noni. Muchas gracias."
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conductor eléctrico/sistema de conducción eléctrico

Otra opción.
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