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Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?

Subject Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?
Newsgroups uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.design
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Date 2023-07-23 23:30 +0100

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On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:18:37 +0100, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> On 23/07/2023 04:53, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:05:36 +0100, Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 22/06/2023 in message <u70tk1$37v7o$1@dont-email.me> The Natural
>>> Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> For me, momentum is the technical refined description of what ordinary
>>>>>> people call 'inertia'
>>>>>
>>>>> There's a description of the difference here:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://byjus.com/physics/difference-between-momentum-and-inertia/#:~:text=Momentum%20is%20a%20vector%20quantity,any%20change%20in%20its%20velocity.
>>>>>
>>>> With respect that is mostly bollocks. And doesn't take into account the
>>>> inertia of bureaucracy or the inertia of a projectile hitting a tank.
>>>>
>>>> Inertia is a common usage term. Momentums is technical. And as I pointed
>>>> out, all motion is relative,  so your appeal to authority fails because
>>>> there is no such thing as 'an object at rest' or 'in constant motion'
>>>> unless you define a frame of interital. reference.
>>>
>>> It makes sense to me, perhaps you could give a link to something similar
>>> from a respected body?
>>
>> Inertia is illogical, because it's only related to mass.  How can you
>> have something you calculate from only one thing?  If I want to tell you
>> how difficult it will be to make the object move, I need only tell you
>> it's mass.
>
> Mass has other properties that inertia, like gravitational attraction.

I guess inertia is more of a description in a particular scenario than a property.

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Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2023-05-10 13:31 -0700
  Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-10 23:04 +0200
    Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? SteveW <steve@walker-family.me.uk> - 2023-05-10 23:07 +0100
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          Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-11 14:19 +0200
            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2023-05-11 06:48 -0700
              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-22 13:46 +0200
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-05-22 12:58 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-22 23:16 +0200
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-23 02:49 +0000
                Re: lowbrowwoman, the Endlessly Driveling Senile Gossip Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2023-05-23 11:10 +0200
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 08:56 -0700
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-22 23:21 +0200
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                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-23 13:13 +0200
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-05-22 14:10 -0400
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-22 23:35 +0200
      Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2023-05-10 19:09 -0700
      Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2023-05-12 13:49 +0000
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            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-13 07:25 -0700
              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-13 19:08 +0000
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-13 12:39 -0700
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                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-14 06:48 -0700
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-14 18:12 +0000
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-14 11:45 -0700
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-14 21:38 +0000
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                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-14 14:54 -0700
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-05-15 11:50 +1000
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          Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-13 03:53 +0200
            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-05-13 03:31 -0400
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              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-06-23 06:16 +0100
          Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2023-05-17 12:16 +0000
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        Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-06-21 04:00 +0100
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          Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-21 17:05 +0100
            Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2023-06-21 19:45 +0100
              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 08:11 +0100
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              Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 08:11 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2023-06-22 07:22 +0000
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 08:35 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2023-06-22 09:05 +0000
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                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-07-23 23:30 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2023-06-22 04:34 -0700
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-06-22 07:09 -0700
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2023-06-22 07:33 -0700
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 16:18 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2023-06-22 08:33 -0700
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                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-22 16:17 +0100
                Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2023-06-22 08:22 -0700
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