Archive for the ‘Electric’ Category
Dodge Ram Door Buzzer Disconnect
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Many people find the door buzzer on 2nd gen dodge rams extremely annoying. It comes on for anything from leaving the keys in the ignition with the door open to leaving the headlights on. I wanted to get rid of the key in the ignition warning, but keep the headlight warnings and other buzzer functions [...]
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Onboard Power Inverter
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Install a 120V power inverter in your car or truck to have household power wherever you go.
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Kenwood TM-V71A With APRS Tracking
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
APRS allows users to send real time text messages, GPS coordinate data, weather information, and many other things over ham radio frequencies (normally 144.390Mhz on the two meter band) that are picked up by nodes and logged on the internet. APRS is a form of packet radio so if you tune to the frequency used [...]
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Motion Activated Electric Switch
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Halloween is here and I made this so I could have things such as my pneumatic coffin be activated automatically when someone walked by.
Materials:
1. Motion Activated Switch – Here’s Mine
2. 5ft outdoor extension Cord
3. Outlet box – Home Depot
Steps:
First you need to cut the extension cord in half. Then using the wiring diagram provided with [...]
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How to Add a Headset to a Phone
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
After being asked how one would go about adding a microphone and headphone jack to a phone so that a headset could be used, I decided to take a look for myself and figure out what to do. Here is what I found, however, I didn’t actually add the jacks as I have no need [...]
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Amateur Radio — Basic Practices
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Here is some basic information for new hams to help them get started.
Being a new ham can be a little intimidating at first as there are many established protocols for conducting conversations on the air. However, with a few attempts and contacts it all begins to make sense and is truly very easy. One thing [...]
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Blazer Radio Install
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Installing a 1/2 face modern style radio in a pre 90’s blazer.
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Homemade alarm for your truck or car
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
This is a cheap way to put an alarm on your car or truck without spending alot of cash and can be done in 30 to 45 minutes. First, you need to find an old car alarm horn. Lots of cars already have unused ones under there hoods already but if not They can be [...]
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Air Conditioning Backpack
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
A brief overview of how to make a backpack that will heat and cool you.
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Adding a Switch to a Rotary Phone
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
How to add a switch to a rotary telephone to turn on or off the ringer.
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Fire Extinguisher Flashlight
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
There are instructions on how to build your very own fire extinguisher flashlight.
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