Yeah just put a penny in the fuse box Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Sep 29, 2019, at 1:55 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Sun, 29 Sep 2019, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Neville noticed something that I wouldn't have. The circuitry contains a safety mechanism to shut off all power if the current jumps too high, such as a kid inserting a paper clip. There's probably a technical name for that but I do not know it. Anyway, for unknown reasons this circuit was kicking in! He jumped it with an equal-length wire. :)
It's called a 'crowbar' circuit. Prevents things from burning up.
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/