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

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?
Date	2023-03-13 02:05 +0000
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:30:39 -0000, Commander Kinsey wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 03:09:14 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:05:31 -0000, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Why were they never made of something more grippy than highly polished
>>> steel?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_Cog_Railway
> 
> Should be used on all tracks, then perhaps trains could stop in the
> distance my car is required to by law.

Do the math. A fully laden coal car weighs about 140 tons. I've never been 
bored enough to count cars when I stopped at a crossing but there are a 
lot of them. Let's say 30 for the sake of argument, 4200 tons plus the 
weight of the engines. Let's say 4 at 200 tons each. So, roughly 5000 tons 
traveling at 50 mph. That's quite a bit of kinetic energy to dump in 300'. 
I can hear snapping axles and see flying wheels.

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Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> - 2023-03-13 00:30 +0000
  Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-03-13 12:00 +1100
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  Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-03-13 02:05 +0000
    Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? 😎 Mighty Wannabe ✅ <@.> - 2023-03-12 22:43 -0400
      Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2023-03-13 14:49 +1100
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