âIt all depends on whose ox is being goredâ is an old saying of uncertain origin â it may relate to an obscure verse in Exodus in the Holy Bible relating to compensation for the eponymous damaged cattle â but in wide use.n fact, they note that from 1992 to 1997, the U.S. trade deficit almost tripled, while at the same time U.S. industrial production increased by 24 percent and manufacturing output by 27 percent (See Griswold).
This AFCI (the circuit breaker with the yellow label) is an older generation AFCI circuit breaker. The current (as of 2013) devices are referred to as combination type and usually appear with a green label. An Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI) is a type of duplex receptacle or circuit breaker that breaks the circuit when it detects a dangerous electrical arc in order to prevent electrical fires.
A circuit breaker (or receptacle) that can trip off for line-to-neutral arcing (which would not soon trip a standard breaker) or also for in-line (series) arcing. Required for new bedroom circuits since 2002 and most rooms of new houses since 2008. See AFCI.or instance, a wire has become too loose at the terminals on a receptacle or at a wire connector. It is hard to think of a gap like this as opening the circuit, since it seems like it has the effect of closing it down. I agree that the technical term open, and its opposite closed are a poor choice of words.