Category: HowTos
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HowTo – Inspecting & Repairing Drum Brake Wheel Cylinders
Most vehicles up until about 1970 had drum brakes on all four wheels after that time and up to today you are likely to see drum brakes on the rear of many vehicles and disk brakes on the front. Drum brakes work when hydrolic brake fluid is forced through your brake lines from your master…
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How To – An Honest Look At Solar Elelctric And Hotwater Systems For Average Home Owners
There is news today that General Electric will be closing down their solar PV Electric Plant in the State of Delaware and it seems like a good time to go over how Solar Technologies can be put to use in our homes. This is not in hopes of saving the company because they have been…
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Buying Guide – Universal Remotes Basic And Advanced
Universal Remotes were first put into production to allow for the replacement of a Remote Control for your Single Home Television or Other Media Device. Their setup was relatively easy and required that you press a setup and enter the code for your manufacturer and model to program the remote to control your device. Since…
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How To – Changing Spark Plug Wires
Maintaining your car is not always difficult or expensive but repairing problems once they happen can cause headaches and eat into your spending money. For this reason you should perform routine maintenance as your manufacturer suggests and while doing so you may want to change other worn parts that are easily accessible. Many new vehicles…
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Buying Guide – Non-Contact Infrared Thermometers
There are many times around your home or garage when taking temperatures of an item without getting close to it or using a direct contact thermometer is necessary. Non-Contact Infrared Thermometers try to perform this tasks. Somewhere between a thermal imager and a contact thermometer these non-contact thermometers take samples of heat signatures at a…