MOTM

On Jan 14, 2004, at 10:05 AM, Robert van der Kamp wrote:

> On Wednesday 14 January 2004 18:53, Mike Estee wrote:
>
>> Ack! Don't do this! Without a fuse if your power supply
>> fails or a module shorts your rack starts drawing as much
>> current as the house wiring can provide, which
>> effectively turns your rack into a nice little space
>> heater!
>>
>> As I understand it a surge protector handles over
>> voltage. A fuse handles over current draw.
>
> Thanks for the warning. I threatened the existance of this
> whole community by attacking Paul's health with this
> question. Good thing I'm smart enough to admit I'm
> stupid. ;)

I wouldn't go that far, how about just uninformed? ^_^ I'm still 
building a mental model about how this whole "electricity" thing works 
too. It's very strange to a software engineer...

--mikes