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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Electrical Basics - Ohm’s Law: A Key to Understanding Circuits
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Simple Shelves are Never Easy
Very often in the maintenance and repair world, the easiest jobs become the most annoying. It's understandable when the pain is caused by some mechanical error. A bolt head sheers off, wires in a box are too short, or someone mushroomed a shaft and now the bearing is stuck. These are normal levels of annoyance that at some point become achievements for fixing, and a point of pride when others ask you to teach them how you've done it. Then we get to building shelves.
Wire rack shelves are not that difficult to build. On a scale of 1-10 on the skill required, I give it a 2 tops. Where they become not so easy, is having to build them for someone else with zero other information provided. If you stay at any job site long enough, it's almost guaranteed you will make these shelves. You may even have some in your basement, garage, or apartment.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Proactive or Reactive?
Fail to plan is a plan to fail
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Never Switch a Neutral
What do you mean by switch?
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Bare Bones Basic Digital Logic
Introduction
Monday, January 27, 2025
When a multimeter isn't enough
When it comes to motor troubleshooting your meter likely isn't enough to figure out the issue completely. The usual testing of lead to lead to check resistance and lead to ground to see if there is a short can definitely find some, but not all motor motor-related issues. The problem is the signal that a standard meter sends down the line and between the windings is often too weak to simulate what would normally be happening during operation.
Friday, January 24, 2025
Company Highlight: Siemens
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What is Siemens?
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Why Industrial Mechanics Offer Great Job Opportunities
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