Learn how to repair a broken electric fence and make the most of LED light bulbs in this savvy, reader-submitted tip. I have two tips I’d like to share with you. First, you can use copper wire to fix ...

I drive a 2006 Nissan Xterra that came from the factory with halogen, lo/hi combined headlight bulbs with a DRL setting. After 18 years of using the old factory halogens, lightening in all driving ...

Headlamps come in several sizes, shapes and types, as do their bulbs, which need periodic replacing. A majority of vehicles still use halogen headlamp bulbs, but a growing number come with ...

Early adopters of LED lighting will remember 50,000 hour or even 100,000 hour lifetime ratings printed on the box. But during a recent trip to the hardware store the longest advertised lifetime I ...

I’ve also treated the topic of LED illumination more conceptually; take, for example, this piece from more than seven years ago that analyzed LED and CFL light bulbs as potential successors to ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...