Fire by Can
For those people who would like to make a e from the bottom of a can, but don’t want to put in too…
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A Guide to Residential Heating
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2002 INTRODUCTIONIf you are thinking about buying a wood-heating appliance or already heat your…
Wire Sizes and Maximum Length Determination
Wire sizes become important at low voltages. At 12 volts DC a loss of more than 10% in voltage across the length of…
How to wire your home for solar electricity
by Steve Willey To wire your own home, you should be familiar with the basic circuits for outlets, switched light fixtures, etc. that…
ELECTRO-MOTORS
BY J. W. URQUHART, ELECTRICIAN. THIS work is intended to convey, to engineers and others interested, in the subject, an explanation, inconveniently plain…
How to Make Capacitors
One can build a Capacitor out of any conducting material as long as one also has an insulator between the conductors. For example…
The Case For a Generator-Based Electrical System
By Skip Thomsen Way back in 1977, we bought a beautiful 108 acres of forest in north central Oregon. There were no buildings…
Gravity Generator
The use of gravity as in a weight dropping a distance to generate energy is not practical. The weight has to be returned…
Hand Crank Generator
Converting a Portable Cordless Drill to a Hand Crank DC GeneratorThe unit is light weight (2.5 lb), portable, low cost ($10-$20) and can…
Application Chart for Determining Electrical Load for Generator
Remember 1 kW = 1000 watts 2 kW = 2000 watts and so onThe formula for finding wattage is: Volts x Amps =…