Re: USB module for monitoring multiple on/off switches

[RickH <passport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 27, 10:41=A0pm, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > No. The word is bus. Something travels down a path or a strip of conduc=
tor
> > 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 conf=
used
> > by many electrical people. English words are usually only changed by
> > USanians.
>
> > "Joe Pfeiffer" <pfeif...@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-spellin=
g.
>
> I've seen too many references that are older than I am to buss bars to
> categorically say the term is wrong. =A0For 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)
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Yes I have seen the word used this way too, in fact in some old
electronic magazines.