OT: UPS for FreeBSD

[Perry Hutchison]

Chris Hill <chris at monochrome.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Paul Pathiakis via freebsd-questions wrote:
> > Get this, the main junction breaker, was a piece of bimetallic chunk 
> > of metal 1500 kVA circuit designed to melt upon overload.  *shiver*)
>
> I believe that is called a "fuse."

"designed to melt upon overload" is the very definition of a fuse,
but bimetallic (in the context of overload protection) sounds like
a thermal circuit breaker.  I wonder if the combination may indicate
that someone is con-fused :)