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Why don't Marinas have GFCI protection to prevent Electrical Shock Drowning?
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MOSFET or Rheostat or Potentiometer pros and cons?
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What happens if you use Tesla coil to charge a capacitor?
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Stray capacitance -- how to calculate formula....
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Logisim question -- Simulation of a small logic circuit is not working
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Is the output of my ignition coil AC?
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Diagnosis of large brushed DC motor
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Constant Current Source for high current
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How Does State Space Design Compare to Classical PID Controllers?
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Replacing a diesel engine with an electric motor
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How to convert Audio output jack signal to 5V range?
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Powering an LED strip with a 12v battery
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Why do flamingos stand on one leg?
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Does Adjusting Potentiometer Resistance Affect Volume in Amplification Circuits?
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Choice of a generator set for a drilling pump
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How to find the torque constant of BLDC motor?
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Is the torque constant of a DC motor the same regardless of voltage?
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Can I use a relay to wire DC lights to a speaker?
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Discover the Piezoelectric Equations for Ceramic Multi-Layer Components
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Fire Starting Stick for Prairie Burns
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Simple Battery Misunderstanding
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Understanding Circuit Breaker Terminals: IN & OUT Explained
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Help Interpreting PID Controller Settings
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Connecting mini wind turbine to charge phone
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3 phase motor net magnetic field
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What Determines Voltage Reference and Measurement Accuracy?
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What could be the ratings of inductor used?
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Find Reliable Current Density Sensors for Aluminum Foil Treatment
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Need help doing force calculations with magnetism (between magnets)
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Understanding Power Dissipation in Series Circuits
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Eddy Current brakes operating at high speeds
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Microcontroller Pulse Width Modulation to Analog DC Voltage
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Experimenting with Windings: Maximum Voltage Output?
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Hello everyone, can somebody with cascode amplifier
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Why Is My Oscilloscope Signal Pulsating?
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How Did WEG Achieve IE4 Efficiency with Aluminum Rotor Cages?
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Capacitive coupling clamp not working as expected
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Current return path: Why does current return to its source
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How to measure output voltage of B200?
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One coil twisted in a figure 8 vs. two coils side-by-side
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What Capacitor Size Is Needed for a Rapid Discharge Application?
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Electronics designing for 1970s automotive OBD
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LED Light Tail Lights: Find a Way to Turn Off/On!
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How Do You Choose the Right Decoupling Capacitors for TDA2050?
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Resonant Frequency and Transfer Functions
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Create Your Own zF Capacitor | PF
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What kind of itterations was done here
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AC Mains meter circuit design for energy sources....
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Two solenoids and a ferrite bar
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Could someone me identify a burned-up resistor
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Is my model a correct one -- adding two pid controllers
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MOSFETs pulsing at a frequency out-of-phase
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Noob in the field -- problems making a solenoid....
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House almost burnt down from electrical fire, wondering why
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H-Bridge - diodes (or rather the lack of)
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VSD for induction motor maximum current
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Transmission line impedance etc
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What if gap is irregular in capacitor
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Connecting solenoids to power supply
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Losses on Power Transmission Lines
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N00b alert: Reducing High, Pulsing Voltage
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Power Your Bug Zapper with Solar: 12V DC to 12V AC Conversion Guide
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UPS, Marine Battery, as Sump Pump backup
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Electrical Efficiency of Ionized Air?
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Material definition problem in ANSYS Maxwell
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12V diode combiner circuit question
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Why Does My Vintage Single Phase Generator Produce No Power?
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How Do Permanent Magnets Generate Energy in a Dynamo System?
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Static test of Denso 12 V alternator
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Voltage Splitter Troubleshooting: 14.8V to 11.1V
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How can I achieve higher speeds when running stepper motors?
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Threshold voltage calculation of a CMOS gate
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Fiber Optic Coupling -- how to couple a 200μm core fiber into a 50μm core fiber?
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Simple and clear LED question. LEDs pop and break
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Questions about Dell Vostro 3550 and External Battery
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Signal measurement ~50 pico volts
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Electrical properties of standard lubrication oil (SAE)
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Problem in identifying terminals of a capacitor of a fan
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Can a cathode ray tube be made from a light bulb?
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Using 7 segment displays with adders
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Pointer to data wanted please -- looking for a primer on phased array radar
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Driving a neon bulb with high frequency
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FPGA-based computer adapting to being shot?
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Recognizing XOR gates in K-maps
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Why do I need a processing code when I pair Arduino with bluetooth
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DC motor voltage recommendations for a bike and power tools
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Help with finding vintage valve amplifier circuits (amplifiers for a rock band)
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Why the rule of thumb: 1Mega ohm max when doing PCBs?
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Can I Use 500W Voltage Converter on 110-127V Appliance?
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Why does the power consumption of a plucker machine vary with rotational speed?
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Voltage and Current in Ohm's Law
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Quality 24V 50Ah Li-ion Batteries: A Comprehensive Guide
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Capacitors on motors: why big C for starting, small for running?
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Need help understanding the proof of Thevenin's theorem
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How should I calculate conductivity
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How Does Voltage Influence Electron Behavior?
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Troubleshooting Microcontroller Resets for Car Radio Repair
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Radio Tube Mystery: Solving the Buzzing Buzzer
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How do conduction tobacco vaporizers create heat?
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Magnetic field behind “invisible barrier”
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