On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 10:05:33PM -0600, The Fool wrote: > Capacitors that can remain charged for Years. > > Cost-benefit analysis: > > Possible death vs savings of $25. Hmm. Difficult choice.
That's not a very good analysis. Taking your number of $25 for the new supply, you need to compare it to P * life_value, where P is the probability of being killed during the replacement, and life_value is the value of your life. If P is low enough, then it makes sense to replace the fuse. There are several ways to make P very low. One would be to know exactly what you are doing and still take excessive precautions. But a better way would be for the fuse to be contained in a little plastic holder with the opening outside the power supply cage, so that you just pop out the old fuse and put in the new without ever opening the power supply cage. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
