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110 Volt Hot Tub or 220 Volt Hot Tub?93

110 Volt Hot Tub or 220 Volt Hot Tub?

If you are only just starting your portable hot tub shopping, or are all ready to purchase, there is one consideration that is very important when it comes to enjoying your spa. This important element is whether you will purchase a tub that runs on...

71 comments    shopping spa hot tub
How To Build A Battery Bank Box On The Cheap90

How To Build A Battery Bank Box On The Cheap

It's one thing to "go green" with a bank of twelve volt batteries powered by a wind turbine but quite another to figure out how to do that without breaking the bank at the same time. My wife and I moved onto our remote desert acreage in April and...

28 comments    battery batteries going green
How Install Boost Gauge Wires MKIV VW/Audi DIY88

How Install Boost Gauge Wires MKIV VW/Audi DIY

DIY guide for installing a boost gauge and wiring in a VW MKIV jetta golf gti or new beetle.

2 comments    golf diy audi
Can Obama and the Government Stop Rising Gas Prices?88

Can Obama and the Government Stop Rising Gas Prices?

The President can do more about rising oil cost than most people think. Obama is beholden to the eviromental groups, so it seems that he just refuses to do anything.

8 comments    money politics america
How to Buy an Impact Torque Wrench for the DIY Car Mechanic88

How to Buy an Impact Torque Wrench for the DIY Car Mechanic

Most impact torque wrenches are used for lug nuts on the wheels of a car. The varieties are cordless, 12-v outlet, corded and pneumatic.

2 comments    power tools cordless tools
The 5 Best Cordless Nail Guns86

The 5 Best Cordless Nail Guns

Hate the trouble of getting out an air compressor, then fighting with an air hose? The best cordless nail gun can save your arms and your ears while delivering all the power you need.

2 comments    nails nail cordless
The Amp, The Watt, And The Volt:  The Three Musketeers86

The Amp, The Watt, And The Volt: The Three Musketeers

This article refers to the amp (short for ampere), the watt, and the volt as the Three Musketeers because both groups are, as it were, inseparable. Like the song lyric from Love and Marriage states, You can't have one...without the other. How so?...

11 comments    safety electricity voltage
12 Volt LED Lights and Good Reasons to Use83

12 Volt LED Lights and Good Reasons to Use

There is no need to buy those toxic CFL bulbs containing mercury. LED lights are a viable, safer option. As we, the consumer, demand better and safer products, LED are becoming even more varied and efficient. LEDs are also a safer option for use on Christmas trees.

8 comments    led led lights led rope lights
How to use a multimeter to test batteries, phone jacks, cables and more87

How to use a multimeter to test batteries, phone jacks, cables and more

The woman seemed so anxious and distracted that I told the clerk to go ahead and help her first. She blurted out a tale of woe about some electrical thing. Her husband had sent her out to buy a "continuity tester". The clerk shook his head sorrowfully and said he didn't think they had anything like that. I had to intervene. "Sure you do", I said, "She needs a multimeter".

11 comments    multimeter alligator clips
Wave Guided Pulse Electromagnetic Pulse Beam84

Wave Guided Pulse Electromagnetic Pulse Beam

Like any other electromagnetic energy, EMP can be directed like a laser so that selected targets can be eliminated. Traditional EMP devices work on the shot gun principle where a wide range target is hit, taking down friendly as well as enemy electronics and grids.

5 comments    energy pulse beam
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