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Default Circuit breakers vs. contactor heaters

On 8/15/2012 11:23 AM, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
dpb wrote:
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protection from automagic restart after a power glitch is a _BIG_
safety factor that goes away w/ a mechanical switch.


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without me there? Multiple those probabilities and overall risk is so
low that I don't give it a second thought.


It's not without you that matters quite so much--it's while around that
is the gotcha' time...

And until it happens...then you'll think about it a lot, garon-teed.

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