ext_347148 ([identity profile] vespican.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] pbray 2009-12-01 11:45 pm (UTC)

Sounds a lot like the "brother-in-law" effect...
When I was in Naval Aviation Electronics school years (decades?) ago, we were going over a circuit schematic and noticed that it used way more diodes than was really needed to do the job. The instructor said it was a result of the "brother-in-law effect." Yeah, the circuit designer's brother-in-law manufactured diodes.
Dave

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