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When trucks first came into popular use, nobody would have dreamed of the numerous specialty applications evolving in the ensuing decades. In those days, only a fraction of homes had electricity. Today one is hard put to find a building…

Programmed Logic Controllers are used in many facets of automation control of electromechanical processes. The range of applications has expanded to include managing robotics on automotive assembly lines to controlling chemical sprayers and amusement park rides. Much of PLC circuitry…

When people install a new pellet stove, one of the first questions they have is whether or not they can use a computer UPS, or uninterruptible power supply, to run their appliance in the event of a power outage. Many…

One of the most readily available chemistries of Lithium batteries is the Lithium Iron Phosphate type (FeLiPO4). This is because they have become recognized as the safest of the Lithium varieties and are very compact and light when compared to…

Batteries have had an essential and batt.jpginteresting part of our history and technological advancement. Going back as far as 250 B.C., batteries provided the main source of energy prior to the development of electric grids and generators. Improvements in battery…

For many people, one of the most attractive aspects of pellet stoves is the fact that they are relatively clean-burning. But consumers shouldn’t take that statement to mean that pellet stoves are any safer than other means of heating their…

48V is a telecommunications industry-standard operating voltage. It is considered a “compromise voltage” by being high enough to enable relatively low signal loss transmissions over large distances, and yet low enough to be a “safe low voltage”. (Most international safety…

Installing a sump pump battery backup affords protection against the ravages of basement flooding. This should offer you peace of mind, knowing that effective protection from water damage is at work. But if you make the common mistake below with…

We live in a world of mobility and portability. A myriad of facilities, once existing only in stationary environments, operate today in mobile venues called specialty vehicles. They can be broken down by their three major user categories: a) Civilian…

Tow NATO military trailers with commercial transport trucks and avoid contravening State and Federal highway regulations. ETC 1224-7 enables the activation of NATO trailer electrical functions normally as they are moved with standard USA transport tractors. Quick and effortless installation…