There’s great potential in salvaging a motor from a broken appliance, but so often the part in question is very specific to its application, presenting a puzzle of wires to the experimenter. This was ...

Through legislative and social pressures, public attention is focusing more on the energy used to perform basic domestic functions such as food preparation, cleaning, and climate control.

The next generation of motor-powered appliances and industrial machines will be energy misers thanks to new electronics and speed controls. On hot sweltering days, it is easy to appreciate why air ...