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leslie



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:21 pm    Post subject: trip on Reply with quote

Hi,

I couldn't find the meaning of 'trip on' when I looked up several English dictionaries.
1. What does "trip on" mean in the following paragraph?
2. Does overload mean 'load' or 'load too much'?

Thanks in advance!

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One of our customers had her ABC band saw for about a month and her motor failed�.she was cutting with it and the blade came to a stop, the overload was tripping on the dc driver board, the serial number for the machine is 12345.

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Philo Kevetch



Joined: 01 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Leslie -

"tripping on" = 'turning on', activating

In your example, I think "trip" means to disconnect (break the connection in a circuit)

as in "trip a circuit breaker"...usually due to overloading the circuit (overload = too much of a load)

drawing/pulling too many amps. for the circuit design/guage of wire

and is a safety device to prevent overheating the circuit and possiblly causing a melt down or fire.

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