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Originally Posted by Mike
Out of interest, why would it need to be physically installed vertically - or is this just a sop to the old days when it would have been a bi-metallic strip?
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I think you hit the nail on the head there. Just a hang over to when it was an electro-mechanical device. In general, anything electronic is not sensitive to orientation - unless it is designed to be so.
Cheers
Robin
PS - Even us electronic engineers blow stuff up occaisionally. You get used to the smell of burning chips...