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The Boat Doctor - Shock-less Therapy Troubleshoot your electronics with a digital volt-ohm meter. Many boaters own one, or should, but few know how to use it.   |
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Dealing With A Dead Car Battery There are a number of reasons why batteries can weaken and fail. Here are some of the more common ones. |
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How to Properly Check the Juice in Your Car Battery There's more to checking a battery than simply testing the voltage and looking inside for low water. |
PC World
January 31, 2002
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Avoid Static Damage to Your PC If you're upgrading your PC, static electricity can cause real damage. But a few precautions can protect sensitive electronics... |
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July 2003
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How To Charge Your Battery Motorhomes, tractors, boats, motorcycles and other occasional-use vehicles should use a battery-maintainer style of charger to prevent battery damage. The permanent extra wiring harness makes it easy to hook up the charger when necessary. |
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System Adds Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Power to Devices OceanServer Technology is introducing a battery and power system that lets designers add smart, rechargeable lithium-ion battery backup power to electronic and electromechanical equipment. |
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October 2009
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How to Make Your Own Battery-Powered Gadget Chargers There's no magic to a cellphone charger. It's really little more than a plastic-wrapped strip of copper wire designed to deliver power (stepped down in voltage and converted to DC, of course) from an outlet to your phone battery. |
Home Toys
February 2005
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Remote Control Your Home Via the Internet Using Web Services with Inexpensive AC Wireless Controllers These remote devices offer a solution for remotely sensing an event of interest, such as a door opening, window, etc. when it's not convenient to run ethernet or other wires to it. With the client software from BroadbandSentry, the configuration is set on the web to sense a change to the status pin chosen. |
Popular Mechanics
October 17, 2007
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Whatever Happened to the 42-Volt Car? It's been just about 10 years since the auto industry was abuzz with the impending transition of automotive electrical systems from 12 volts to 42 volts. Didn't happen. Isn't gonna. Stop holding your breath. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2006 |
Li-Ion 2-kilowatt Uninterruptible Power Supply Transistor Devices Inc. is introducing a lightweight, man- or vehicle-transportable 2-kilowatt uninterruptible AC power supply that uses high-performance lithium-ion battery technology to provide reliable AC power in the field. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007 |
LEA Offers Power-Distribution Panel for Mobile Satellite Communications Designed for mobile satellite communications, the PDP is light weight, portable, rugged, and simple to operate. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2009
Mike Allen |
Troubleshooting and Fixing a Car that Won't Start With nothing more than a multimeter, you should be able to find out what's wrong getting your car up and running in no time. Here are our tips on troubleshooting a car that won't start. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2007 |
Aeroflex offers 3920 radio test set for TETRA and P25 The integrated 3920 digital radio test set with extended range and file management for analog, TETRA, and P25 technologies. |
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April 2006 |
Three-Phase DIN Power Solid-State Relays for Industrial Applications Teledyne Relays is offering the Series DR3P family of power solid-state relays to provide three-phase output to 50 amps to 520 volts AC for applications such as motor control, industrial process control, and heating control. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Roy Berendsohn |
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