Probably one of the most reliable devices you will have in your house is the refrigerator, as its compressor has the minimum of moving parts and carries its own lubrication. It’s not uncommon to find ...

We like this one because it has a real Junkyard Wars feel to it: turning a cast-off fridge compressor into a two-stroke internal combustion engine. [Makerj101] is doing this with tooling no more ...

Nothing fills a person with dread quite like a misbehaving refrigerator, whether the appliance is humming but not cooling or has started mysteriously leaking water. Buying a new fridge is expensive, ...

I noticed the weirdest problem yesterday - about once or twice per hour, my screen connected via a USB-C to DP cable would flip out and blank for a few seconds, or just quit until the monitor is fully ...

Motors used for refrigeration equipment (including air conditioning systems) are hermetic. When we say “hermetic,” what do we mean? It’s a motor that’s sealed from the outside. In the case of ...

Infineon has introduced two demonstration boards for driving rotary refrigerator compressors. REF_Fridge_D111T_MOS (below) is a three-phase inverter with IMD111T-6F040 driver IC and IPN60R1K0PFD7S ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...