At 23:12 17-02-02 -0500, "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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.
And the last was my point: Why is the power supply designed where you cannot just change the 10� fuse instead of having to purchase a whole new $25 power supply, especially if the circumstances are such that you estimate P > .99 that a blown fuse is the problem? -- Ronn! :)
