> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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.
Yes but life_value approaches infinity in most cases, so any value of P over integer 0 would not be worth the cost. > 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.
