the.com/power source
The thing everyone forgets to check before blaming the device.
means A power source is whatever supplies the energy that makes a device actually run — battery, outlet, cell, or generator.
from A plain compound: 'power' traces back through Old French 'pouair' to Latin 'posse,' meaning 'to be able,' and 'source' comes from Old French 'sourse,' literally 'a rising' or 'spring,' as in water rising from the ground. Put together, the phrase is younger than either word — a practical, modern label (electrical and mechanical engineering gave it currency) for 'the place from which capability rises.' No myth here, just two old words drafted into new, literal service.
- first suspect
- should be, rarely is, until nothing works
- batteries
- die slowly then all at once
- outlets
- some are switched and nobody tells you
- universal fix
- unplug it, wait ten seconds, feel briefly godlike