I read in sci.electronics.design that xray
wrote (in ) about 'VFD motor
controllers', on Tue, 27 Sep 2005:
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:33:56 +1200, Terry Given
wrote:

we then ripped it apart, and found the DC bus cap was about the same
size as my little finger. what the ?! buried deep in the manual was a
requirement to replace it every *year*

Makes one wonder WTF they were thinking (or not thinking.)

The PHB is not extinct in Japan. Someone presumably specified the
outside dimensions of the product before it was designed and remained
deaf to objections.
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If everything has been designed, a god designed evolution by natural selection.
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