Re: USB module for monitoring multiple on/off switches

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No. The word is bus. Something travels down a path or a strip of conductor
with multiple take off points. There is and never was such a thing as a Buss
bar. "Buss" has always only been the name of a fuse company and is confused
by many electrical people. English words are usually only changed by
USanians.

"Joe Pfeiffer" <pfeiffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Makes sense and cheap but you did mention serial port.
>>
>> WTF is a "buss"? (obviously you work in the electrical field)
>
> Manufacturer of fuses, and probably a bunch of stuff I'm not aware of.
> Also (and I don't know if this comes from the manufacturer, or some
> alternate source), a "buss bar" is a power or ground bar in a circuit
> breaker panel.
>
> The name has leaked over to become an occasional alternate spelling of
> "bus" -- it happens enough I'm not even sure I'd call it a mis-spelling.
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