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... :-)