On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 7:00 PM Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 03:34:00PM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote:
> > One SSD had an internal short and turned into a space heater,
> > luckily there was no fire. End excerpt.
> >
> > Clearly, there is very poor safety engineering and/or quality
> > control
>
> you will not be amused to learn how many electronics lack
> proper fuses and protections against internal and external
> shorts. even here, I have seen good people forget to put fuses
> on newly built boards.

Ooohhh. Oohh. I have stories. The desire to cut costs and save board
space by cutting component count is never ending is as much fun as
people putting passwords on Post-It notes and leaving SSH keys
unencrypted.