a break would be a great idea.  a solenoid latch that didn't release
until it had stopped spinning would also be good, in which case it
should require power to unlatch so that it fails safe if there's a power
failure etc.

Dave VanHorn wrote:
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> A mechanical brake that is applied as the lid is opened, and power disc=
onnection at the unlatching of the lid, would be about essential, I'd thi=
nk.
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--=20
Philip Stortz--"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I
didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.=20
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
Jew.=20
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I
wasn't a trade unionist.=20
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a
Protestant.=20
Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."
-- Martin Niem=F6ller, 1892-1984 (German Lutheran Pastor), on the Nazi
Holocaust, Congressional Record 14th October 1968 p31636.

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