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1. Electric Current
A source of ac acts like a battery that is rapidly reversed in its holder—current will flow first in one direction, then in the other through the wires and the lamp.
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2. Refrigerators And Freezers
Dirt acts as an insulator and makes the compressor work longer to keep the proper temperature. Use a vacuum cleaner to pull out dirt.
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3. Electricity
Heat pumps can heat your home using one of three methods: air-to air, by circulating freon (which acts as a heater/ coolant) back and forth, from inside to outside the house; water-to-air, by pumping water through a heat-exchanger coil; and ground-to-air, by pumping antifreeze through a ground coil placed below the frost line, so it returns as a heat source for the exchanger coil.
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4. Cures For Window Pain
The air space in such a sealed window acts an an insulator. The optimum air space is a bone of contention, but most solar architects and engineers agree that it must be a minimum of 1.
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5. Energy Economics
Electronic ignition acts like a spark plug in a car, igniting a small pilot light which starts up the other burners.
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6. Setting Up A Hydroponic Unit
I have a big home-made ventilator in this and as the roof is made of iron sheets it acts as a gigantic pump.
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7. AC Motors
As the rotor turns within the magnetic field, the current alternates to the opposite direction, and the new magnetic field also acts against the permanent-magnetic field to keep the rotor spinning.
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8. Basement Walls
It acts as an effective heat barrier for the lower wall. In fact, this type of exterior insulation can be just as effective as interior applications.
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9. Technique
It is necessary to use slip thickener even if the resulting mixture must be thinned with water, because the thickener acts as a bonding agent and will prevent cracking of the material when it is applied to dry greenware.
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10. When To Apply Fertilizers
The part of the home garden requiring the most fertilizer is the grassed area, because we are unable to replenish the soil as we do in the beds and borders. The first application is given in April, a complete and balanced mix to suit your local conditions, with an analysis of 10-4-7 or 10-6-4. This can be mixed with finely screened compost and applied as a top-dressing of not more than Vi in/1.25 cm depth. Work this down among the grass leaves with a stiff corn broom—if left on the surface the grass will go yellow. The second application of the complete fertilizer is given in June, and the final application on the Labour Day weekend in September. Every 30 days between these dates the lawn needs a dressing of sulphate of ammonia. No fertilizer should be applied after the beginning of September. Flowering and foliage shrubs may be fertilized in the spring, if necessary, using the acid type fertilizer for such plants as camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas, pierises. Small plants may need three feedings at 30-day intervals starting in early March, using two measuring teaspoons, 10 ml, over the entire root area. Established plants, more than 3 years in the garden, have one feeding in mid-April, the amount depending upon the size, but limited to two or three measuring tablespoons, about 40 ml, over the root area. Non-acid flowering and foliage plants receive comparable amounts of garden-type fertilizer in April, if their condition indicates the need for nourishment. Fertilizer salts will absorb moisture from the air or from any damp material with which they come in contact. Too rich a soil solution near feeding roots will withdraw the moisture from the plants and cause dehydration. The salts will also withdraw moisture from seeds when fertilizer is applied before seeding, a frequent cause of complaints of poor germination. When fertilizer is added to a well-composted vegetable patch before seeding, the seedlings may be forced to make unnatural growth, and later, if the plants suffer a setback from weather due to a few days of temperature drop or of sudden warmth, many will bolt to flower. This should not happen under normal conditions. Flower beds and borders to be planted with annuals should not be fertilized in advance; better to apply plenty of humus rather than fertilizer, because a rich soil encourages rampant growth at the expense of flowers. Many a display bed of geraniums or petunias has failed to flower until late in the season because fertilizer was added before planting. The same applies to tomatoes started in a fertilized soil—they initially make excessive growth and few flowers, which leads to late season fruiting. The trick is to develop the flowers first in a moisture-retentive soil, and then fertilize judiciously to give the plants strength to ripen and mature the fruits. Flowers and fruits on any plant are all part of the seed-producing process. If a plant is living in luxury and getting all it needs to make lush growth, there is no need for it to make the seeds that perpetuate the species. On the other hand, a plant barely surviving in poor soil will rush into flower so as to produce as much seed as possible before it succumbs. The wise gardener is aware of this, watches his plants, and acts accordingly,
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