Power and the RA82

[Tom Jennings]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Tim Shoppa wrote:

> On a tangential note, is it possible to "lean" on a typical household
> breaker to stop it from tripping?  Sort-of-like "battle override" on
> a Navy ship...  Or is the lever only good for resetting, and holding
> it will not stop it from tripping?  I think the latter but I've never
> tried it for real.

Sure, but why not just take the breaker out and twist the two ends
together with black tape? Only slightly less safe... :-)