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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:47:29 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
To:        Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT: UPS for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1411281941080.51932@tripel.monochrome.org>
In-Reply-To: <5478F16A.80605@yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Paul Pathiakis via freebsd-questions wrote:

> I guess I'm just that old. ;-)

Hey, at least the old ASR-33 has gone to meet its maker. Figuratively 
speaking.

[snip]

> Get this, the main junction breaker, was a piece of bimetallic chunk 
> of metal 1500 kVA circuit designed to melt upon overload.  *shiver*)

I believe that is called a "fuse." I'm an electrical engineer who 
doesn't know much about CompSci, so I may have the jargon wrong.

-- 
Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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