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Date:      Sat, 29 Nov 2014 03:34:22 +0100
From:      Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT: UPS for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20141129033422.795c0099@archlinux>
In-Reply-To: <5479260d.SuFIN5ZZAEY4zdyE%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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> <5479260d.SuFIN5ZZAEY4zdyE%perryh@pluto.rain.com>

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On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:49:01 -0800
perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) wrote:
> 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 :)

A "1500 kVA" bimetallic thermal circuit breaker?



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