Gene Wengert, the Wood Doctor, also answers questions about the bendability of MDF and sticker stain when drying lumber.

Ever wondered how engineers inspect capacitors, resistors, and inductors? The solution is frequently in a device known as an LCR meter. The tool is quite valuable since it measures three significant ...

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The main purpose of a smart meter is to send meter readings to your energy supplier automatically. But there's more you can do with them if you know how. Your smart meter gives you access to detailed ...

I promised to devote this column to a consideration of how audio metering varies in level as a function of various weighting schemes and the B.S. 1770 algorithm. However, over the past month, I’ve ...

It seldom happens, but wouldn't it be nice if all of our diabetic patients brought us usable blood glucose logs? Patients may forget to bring their logs to the office visit, or they forget to keep one ...

The meters collect data and send it back to the utility, detailing how many kilowatt hours have been used on 15-minute intervals. "There's nothing in the home that collects anything," said Keith ...