On 08/03/05 20:55, Dave Feustel wrote:
On Wednesday 03 August 2005 01:15 pm, Jim O'Donald wrote:
Using your example of a power supply lasting 10 years, that would
translate to 2 failures in 10 years, not 1 failure in 5 years.
And if the box is properly designed, it will continue running unless both
power supplies fail simultaneously -
It was about a router and a modem in one box or in two =serial= boxes.
an event which should have extremely low probability.
Highly uninteresting theory or plain hogwash...
Practice is very very different, for example electrolytic capacitors all break
down after the same time. Often related to temperature, voltages and time.
+++chefren
