At 03:55 PM 6/23/2010 Wednesday, BenT Syncro wrote:
>My 'shorting' I meant wires touching something. To me open means the
>negative and positive are not touching each other, right?

Quite right.  In that case you and Mr. Rodent will have to agree on
the meaning of a "load."  What he's saying is that there's nothing at
all hooked to that fuse, unless there's a hidden switch someplace
that will unleash the Tigers of Doom or blow all four tires or defeat
England in the FIFA World Cup or something like that.

d