On Jan 3, 2006, at 4:39 AM, Peter Chadwick wrote:
> Rich said:
>
> >?someone dumped a bag of 100k-ohm
> resistors in the 1.0-ohm bin,<
>
> Reminiscent of, but less serious than, the happening on the Boeing
> 747-400 where Boeing had mistakenly fitted a 25Amp 3 phase breaker on
> a circuit that should have had a 2.5Amp breaker....this led to a fire
> over northern France and an emeregncy landing.
One puny decimal point can apparently be significant.
>
thx, Peter.
> 73
>
> Peter G3RZP
>
> ?
>
> ?
Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
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