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Originally posted by ElectricTroy+Nov 12th 2004 @ 8:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ElectricTroy @ Nov 12th 2004 @ 8:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-John_Lacey@Nov 11th 2004 @ 11:10 PM
Everything else over designed to about 200% expected worse use.
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We engineers DO double the minimum. [/b][/quote]
To Add: It's part of our engineering education (Penn State for me) to double the required "size" of parts to ensure they continue working even if margins exceed the worst-case.
Anyway, I am an electrical engineer. 8 years in January.