With the availability of cheap modules, it has become easy to hack/make stuff at home and home appliances see the most creative hacks of all. In one such hack, [Vadim] takes the DIY route to adding ...

Three years ago, Ted Treadwell turned his water heater into a battery. His home in Santa Rosa, California, had relied on a gas-powered furnace and water heater for a quarter century to stay warm. But ...

When Hurricane Katrina hit back in 2005, I was trapped in New Orleans for days without power. That lesson taught me to always have a backup plan because you never know when you will find yourself in a ...

Here is a simple heater circuit that can be operated from a 12V battery. The first part of the circuit is an astable multivibrator build around the two transistors Q1 and Q2 . The ON time of ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...