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Meaning of load bank | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A piece of electrical test equipment used to simulate an electrical load, to test an electric power source without connecting it to its normal operating load.

Examples

“Electric locomotives [...] Class 84: 84009 was taken on by the Derby RTC as a load bank locomotive in August 1978, [...]. It lasted in this role until December 1992 and was scrapped exactly three years later.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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