Residental electrical load [was Re: Who's rewired their house for this hobby?]

[Todd Goodman]

* Jon Elson <elson at pico-systems.com> [141130 17:24]:
> On 11/30/2014 11:54 AM, Christian Kennedy wrote:
> > My suspicion is that this is actually in the same category 
> > as the control lock that’s supposed to deter children; 
> > being the US this smells like someone came up with a novel 
> > product liability theory and someone decide to drop a few 
> > extra lines of code in order to appease the corporate 
> > legal types.
> Yes, and if left to reach completion, they will have you 
> buying all your pots
> and pans with serial numbers that match the stove.  All 
> others will be
> refused.  Oh, maybe that is only for printer cartridges.
> 
> Jon

But if it saves only one child...