\nMy understanding of fail-safe is that, if a system within a larger piece of equipment fails, the system that has failed defaults to the most benign state possible. Yet, what that means might be confusing.<\/p>\n
\nIn a car, for instance, what if the anti-lock brake system fails? Well, the car’s brakes continue to work, just without the ABS feature. That’s fail-safe: the car’s brakes continue to work viably.<\/p>\n
\nWhat about electronics? In that realm, fail-safe will sometimes mean it goes to a state that makes it obvious a failure has happened (or is imminent), since not knowing it’s failed might be the greatest danger. A smoke detector might be an example: the models I’ve known start to beep when the battery gets low. You can’t ignore the device, so have to change its battery.<\/p>\n
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