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Techies try to bypass damaged UPS, send 380V into air traffic system

Phil O'Sophical Silver badge
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Re: Critical

Modern electronics will fail faster than a fuse, especially with "only" 50% excess voltage.

It used to be said that a transistor was "the fastest fuse on three legs". Still true when there are millions of them in a chip.

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