Homeowners urged to get boiler checked if it's makes these 7 'costly' signs

Families are being urged to check for seven boiler warning signs to maintain efficiency and avoid higher heating bills this winter.

The Secret Place in Your Washing Machine You Should Check for Lost Socks

When socks go missing during a laundry cycle, don't panic. An appliance pro shares his top tips for where to look and how to do it safely.

Mandatory driver impairment sensors clear a funding hurdle, but are they ready?

A federal law requires new cars to include technology that detects drunk or impaired driving, but regulators still have not cleared it. Last month, the U.S. House rejected a Republican effort to ...
Research Snipers

The Beginner’s Guide to Appliance Maintenance: Save Time, Money, and Stress

Appliance maintenance isn’t glamorous, but it delivers some of the best returns in homeownership. By spending an hour or two ...
The Family Handyman on MSN

The 4 most common washing machine problems and how to fix them

Washing machine repair: Fix 90 percent of clothes washer breakdowns with these four easy fixes, including filling and ...
IEEE

Dynamic Gate Delay Time Control of Si/SiC Hybrid Switch for Loss Minimization in Voltage Source Inverter

Abstract: The voltage source inverter (VSI) based on the Si/SiC hybrid switch (HyS) offers a better cost/performance tradeoff than the full-SiC VSI design. However, the Si/SiC hybrid VSI bears huge ...
IEEE

Flux-Weakening Scheme for Four-Switch Inverter-Fed IM Drives With Optimized Overmodulation-Based Modulated Predictive Torque Control

Abstract: Four-switch three-phase inverter (FSTPI) has been considered as a promising fault-tolerant topology for six-switch three-phase inverter (SSTPI) with an open-phase fault. However, the maximum ...
Fix It Homestead on MSN

Why power surges cause damage even without an outage

Power in your home does not have to go out for your electronics to be in trouble. The same invisible spikes that make lights flicker can quietly weaken circuit boards, corrupt control panels, and ...
BBC

No defect found in switch of jet grounded by Air India - regulator

Representative image of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. The plane had flown from London to Bengaluru India's aviation regulator said it found no defect in the fuel control switch of a Boeing 787-8 ...