Re: USB module for monitoring multiple on/off switches

[J Miller <reply@here>]

Wow..  Do you all get upset when a "facial tissue" is called a Kleenex?

I top post to PO people that get a bit to anal about things...

Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> "Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> 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
>> news:1biqe69qbm.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> "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.
> I've seen too many references that are older than I am to buss bars to
> categorically say the term is wrong.  For all I know Buss used to make
> Buss bars, and the former trademark has become generic.
>
> (and just think how much easier this conversation would be to follow if
> you'd continued in the steps of the previous posters properly trimmed
> and NOT TOP POSTED)