The traditional way of finding the next shop foreman or supervisor has been to choose the guy with the greatest knowledge and skill as a technician and give them the job. This is based on the ...

Whether it's a ground-up, refurbish, or a search and repair mission on your latest project, tracking down electrical problems don't have to be an unsolvable mystery. We found ourselves having some ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he has sometimes suffered from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do — the facts that he gathers ...

A good digital multimeter (DMM) is key to diagnosing compressor problems in general. For instance, in a previous article (May 15 issue of The NEWS) we discussed using the DMM to read suction and ...

Q: We bought a triplex about a year ago and hired a home inspector to find the defects. But he missed something that could cost us a lot of money. Recently, we re-rented one of the units, and the new ...

“Little things mean a lot” has never been so true as when it comes to electrical maintenance. Truck electrical systems have become highly sophisticated, with multiple micro-processors controlling many ...

America's aged, outdated, and poorly maintained electric grid could leave Tesla owners with no power for their electric vehicles. Power grids in most neighborhoods are simply not built to handle the ...