Fix It Homestead on MSN

The generator load mistake that trips breakers and wastes fuel all night

When the power fails, you expect your generator to hum steadily in the background, not to spend the night tripping breakers ...
Fix It Homestead on MSN

The generator startup order that keeps you from tripping breakers all night

When the grid goes dark, the difference between a calm night and a cascade of tripped breakers usually comes down to the ...
Cars

What Is a Range-Extended EV, and How Does It Work?

A range-extended electric vehicle pairs an electric motor with a gasoline engine/generator, which recharges the battery as you drive. An REEV powertrain differs from other hybrid setups because the ...
New Atlas

'Inside-out Wankel' engine powers US Army's tiny new 10-kW genset

LiquidPiston is testing a 10-kW generator it's prototyped for the US military, which it claims is just a quarter of the size and weight of the current model the Army uses. That means it'll be far ...
GIGAZINE

Introducing a next-generation rotary engine that can reduce the size of a small generator to one-fifth

Liquid Piston, an engine development company based in Connecticut, USA, succeeded in reducing the size to one-fifth the size of the current portable generator, and the U.S. Army Won the small and ...