A thread on confetti use reminded me of an important feature of electrics I'd like to see. Calling @STEVETERRY, @DavidNorth, and @teqniqal to the conversation.
I'd like to see the tops of circuit strips have an add-on pointed cap that prevents anything from sitting on top of the strips that can fall down at an undetermined time. In some cases, it's to keep confetti or plastic snow from catching on the top of the strips and living there forever, but the more serious use case is when someone is servicing an instrument with multiple tools (wrench, screwdriver(s), etc.) sets a tool or piece of hardware (nuts, bolts, screws, what-have-you) down on top of the strip and forget about it. Then the electric gets flown out and, a gust of air or bump to the electric later, and something comes falling from above onto someone's head.
The flat tops of those distribution strips is all too tempting to use as a shelf if people are given the option to use it as one. Rounding it or giving it a pointed top eliminates the potential for someone to leave a tool or piece of hardware on top of the electric, which is easy for someone to miss when flying the electric out, only for an unsuspecting bystander to discover later.
I'd like to see the tops of circuit strips have an add-on pointed cap that prevents anything from sitting on top of the strips that can fall down at an undetermined time. In some cases, it's to keep confetti or plastic snow from catching on the top of the strips and living there forever, but the more serious use case is when someone is servicing an instrument with multiple tools (wrench, screwdriver(s), etc.) sets a tool or piece of hardware (nuts, bolts, screws, what-have-you) down on top of the strip and forget about it. Then the electric gets flown out and, a gust of air or bump to the electric later, and something comes falling from above onto someone's head.
The flat tops of those distribution strips is all too tempting to use as a shelf if people are given the option to use it as one. Rounding it or giving it a pointed top eliminates the potential for someone to leave a tool or piece of hardware on top of the electric, which is easy for someone to miss when flying the electric out, only for an unsuspecting bystander to discover later.
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