Learn how to prepare your home and safely connect a backup generator for power during outages from extreme weather or utility blackouts ...

The design of a generator system requires many hours of detailed planning with the goal of creating an extremely reliable backup power source. Properly installed, the ...

The hobby circuit below uses an unusual method to generate about 12,000 volts with about 5uA of current. Two SCRs form two pulse generator circuits. The two SCRs discharge a 0.047uF a 400v capacitor ...

For a long time, I have thought that pulse generator outputs should not have adjustable amplitude and offset. Instead, they should have an adjustable top value and a separately adjustable bottom value ...

I have wanted to make a pulse generator for years. I know you can buy perfectly good ones, but not if you want non-overlapping outputs to drive the mosfets in synchronous-rectified dc-dc converters.

During a winter storm, a generator can help give your home or business power if electricity has been knocked out. But people ...

When the power goes out and a portable generator roars to life, the weak link in your setup is often not the machine, but the ...