Having acquired some piece of old electronic equipment, be it a computer, radio, or some test gear, the temptation is there to plug it in as soon as you’ve lugged it into the ‘shop. Don’t be so hasty.

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...

In the past five to ten years, there has been a big shakeout in the capacitor industry with at least 15 major manufacturers ceasing production for various reasons. Product lines have also been ...

August 17, 2015 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Scoring a pair of old, well-constructed speakers at a yard sale or thrift store isn’t unusual, but those old ...

Images courtesy Mark Persons What do you do when a high-voltage blocking capacitor in an FM transmitter fails? We are talking about the large cylinder that surrounds a tube. It is actually one ...

One of the most common parts to fail on a single-phase HVAC system is a run capacitor, so much so that we sometimes refer to junior techs as “capacitor changers.” While capacitors may be easy to ...

[CuriousMarc] was restoring an old Model 19 TeleType. The design for these dates back to the 1930s, and they are built like tanks (well, except for the ones built during the war with parts using ...