Extension cords are fine for everyday gadgets, but using them with some appliances - especially in colder weather - can be ...

The post examines reverse-phase dimming, also known as trailing-edge dimming, commonly used in modern lighting systems.

In a metal like copper, however, the outer electrons swim around freely and are shared by all the atoms. That’s why ...

As I bring my electric air conditioning project to a not-completely-resolved close for the season, I want to talk about ...

Begin by connecting pin 85 of the relay to a clean ground point on the vehicle chassis or the negative terminal of the ...

If you're like me and love the charm of vintage lamps, you've probably wondered whether they're safe to use in modern homes.

Abstract: This paper presents a different approach for shortcircuit analysis of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) power plants, where several Voltage Source Converters (VSCs) are adopted to integrate ...

Abstract: The active cell-to-cell equalizers can achieve energy transfer between two cells, which may be an effective equalization method in some battery applications. This paper proposes a new direct ...

Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it.

Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich, together with international collaborators, have demonstrated for the first time that ...

Shorter days are back, and homes across the country are chasing warmer light without wrecking evenings or budgets this autumn. A simple swap—trading a ...

For our 2025 Component Abuse Challenge there have been a set of entries which merely use a component for a purpose it wasn’t quite intended, and another which push misuse of a part into ...