I was working on a post rounding up all the new Milwaukee screwdrivers, and while dealing with familiar tips like Phillips, Torx and square drive, I also kept running into ECX. I wasn’t familiar with ECX bits, so I had to do a little research. ECX bits are designed to fit a specifi...
It also makes a big difference what you do within a try block. If you open a try block and never call any method from within this try block, the try block will be ultra fast, as the JIT can then actually treat a throw like a simple goto. It neither needs to save stack-state nor...
Every house has a circuit breaker panel, and the breakers are designed to detect anomalously high current flow and shut off the power when they do. If a circuit has a short, the breaker will trip, and you won't be able to reset it until you find the short and fix it. A GFCI (gro...
When a GFCI outlet keeps tripping, there must be a reason. Instead of just resetting the GFCI, you should also investigate the cause of the trip. Ground Faults: Ground faults occur when electrical current finds an unintended path to ground. These are often caused by worn insulation, conductive...
(GFCI)outlet because the outlet has a breaker that shuts down the current when a surge is detected. Interchanging the load wires on a standard outlet has no effect on the outlet, however, the breaker becomes ineffective if the same is done on a GFCI outlet. This makes the outlet unable ...
Rather than go into details about this,this piecemakes for good bedtime reading. Or you can just take my word for it. Redoing the N-E Bond In complex electrical installations, or some where the wiring may be old, have poor connections or otherwise has excessive impedance, the voltage betwe...
Why we need GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) outlets in our kitchen and bathrooms is relatively simple: We need them to keep us from getting shocked. A normal panel circuit breaker is to protect you from a fire. When a positive and a neutral wire touch each other it creates a shor...