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 […]

In a previous article, we covered the standard way to check capacitors under load. I am now going to give you an even easier test. A properly functioning PSC (permanent split capacitor) or CSCR (capacitor start capacitor run) motor should have a power factor of very close to 1 if they have a properly sized […]

Almost nothing is as de-motivational and soul-sucking as boredom and complacency, and there is often no other place that we experience as much monotony as our work. Here is my top list of four ways to keep from dying of boredom in business. 1. See the Art in Your Work Many of us may be […]