> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Dennis Plunkett
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 1:19 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Reverse Polarity Protection for 3V PIC Circuit.
>
> > If they would
> >have been
> >paying attention, they wouldn't have put the batteries in
> backwards, and
> >they
> >would not have had the inconvienence of a blown fuse.  But
> they only lost a
> >fuse
> >and a little time, not the whole unit.
> >
>
> Fuses in battery operated devices (Hand held) since when?

Just think of a multimeter :-)

(I know that the fuse is for the external input, so don't even bother)

Regards
Benjamin Petersen