Let's get something out of the way right off the top: saying that we learn best “hands-on” is sort of like saying we prefer to breathe air. WE ALL NEED TO APPLY THINGS TO LEARN THEM DEEPLY! David Sandler wrote the book You Can't Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike in a Seminar, and […]

Some quick basics – An ohmmeter is used to measure the resistance to electrical flow between two points. The ohmmeter is most commonly used to check continuity. Continuity is not a “measurement” as much as it is a yes/no statement. To say there is continuity is to say that there is a good electrical path […]

Many in our industry can misunderstand the differences between temperature and heat, although these are related. Substances are composed of many moving molecules that change their speed as they release or gain heat. When we heat a glass of water in a microwave, its molecules start to move more quickly. The velocity increase results in […]