HVAC failure is not only annoying because you lose your climate-controlled environment but it can also be costly to fix or replace the system. It’s a good idea to know the warning signs so you don’t lose money by not getting the repairs done. Grinding Sound A grinding sound is never good when it comes […]
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How to Convert Wood into Charcoal and Electricity
How to Convert Wood into Charcoal and Electricity is a step by step (with detailed illustrations) guide to building a masonry furnace to convert wood into charcoal. Just his alone is worth the price of the book, however, Mr. Buxton then shows how to extract, filter, and condense the woodgas byproduct and use it to run […]
USB Rechargeable AA Battery Review
I bought this on a whim when I was searching through amazon. I was trying to find something cheap to allow me to buy an add on item I needed. This product is a USB Rechargeable AA Battery. It uses a USB port to recharge so there are not cords to keep up with. I […]
Basic Electricity
One thing the military does better than anyone is technical training. In the military they take a raw 17 year old and in the course of a few months teach them highly technical skills that the young soldier or sailor must do under times of great stress. This military based training manual on basic electricity […]
Quick and Dirty Transformer Design and Construction
Quick and Dirty Transformer Design and Construction is a small book of48 pages. Basically it reprints two articles for transformer builders: 1. Design and Building Transformers, Technical Service Bureau Bulletin D-111, 1938, second edition. 2. Induction Coils by Charles Underhill, extracted from Standard Handbook For Electrical Engineers, 1922. Basic understanding of transformer design is a […]