On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 7:00 PM Konstantin Olchanski <olcha...@triumf.ca> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 03:34:00PM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote: > > One SSD had an internal short and turned into a space heater, > > luckily there was no fire. End excerpt. > > > > Clearly, there is very poor safety engineering and/or quality > > control > > you will not be amused to learn how many electronics lack > proper fuses and protections against internal and external > shorts. even here, I have seen good people forget to put fuses > on newly built boards.
Ooohhh. Oohh. I have stories. The desire to cut costs and save board space by cutting component count is never ending is as much fun as people putting passwords on Post-It notes and leaving SSH keys unencrypted.
