Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:49:01 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) To: pathiaki2@yahoo.com, chris@monochrome.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: UPS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <5479260d.SuFIN5ZZAEY4zdyE%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1411281941080.51932@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <CAHieY7QGp2ELF-R91eu=vSrPsimVmVNJQ4kfucQ56PR7EEZmig@mail.gmail.com> <m57qdq$did$1@ger.gmane.org> <54777AB1.9010800@bluerosetech.com> <m581p1$65m$1@ger.gmane.org> <54779629.302@bluerosetech.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411271433320.60866@wonkity.com> <5478BD4F.7020306@yahoo.com> <5478BEE6.30308@bluerosetech.com> <5478CC08.9090307@yahoo.com> <20141128204722.561f948e@archlinux> <5478F16A.80605@yahoo.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1411281941080.51932@tripel.monochrome.org>
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Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Paul Pathiakis via freebsd-questions wrote: > > 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." "designed to melt upon overload" is the very definition of a fuse, but bimetallic (in the context of overload protection) sounds like a thermal circuit breaker. I wonder if the combination may indicate that someone is con-fused :)
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