In this video, I demonstrate how to test an AC compressor to determine if it is faulty. The two featured tests are quick and ...

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Intermittent faults make everything worse. The fault only shows up when the engine is hot, or when you hit a bump at the right angle, or seemingly at random, which means you can’t reproduce it on ...

An AC tune-up is a scheduled cooling-system visit for a central air conditioner, heat pump, ductless mini-split, or packaged ...

What causes the degradation of aluminum electrolytic capacitors in power-supply designs? What is ripple current and how can it influence capacitors in power-conversion circuits? Step-by-step ...

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Providing power via contact-closure circuits historically required a new third wire, but perhaps no longer. Say the words “solid-state relay” (SSR) and most engineers also naturally think of two ...

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