Question

what is a good loop counter for python so I DON'T kill/fry my cpu?

Answer 1

You shouldn't kill or fry your cpu, since the hardware has fail safes for that.

First just figure out what the loop logic should be.

Answer 2

Thanks for explaining that I thought I would fall into that issue again I lost my old P3 in the 90's

Answer 3

count equals count plus one