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1. Electric Current
The electricity which you get when you plug an appliance into your household electrical outlets is 60-cycle ac. Sixty-cycle ac is alternating current that changes from plus to minus and back to plus, 60 times per second.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/electrical_projects/​electric_current.html

2. Keeping It Hot
Hot water moves from the tank to the various outlets in the house through pipes that normally run along the basement ceiling — the coolest part of the house.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/energy_savings/​hot_water_heater/​keeping_it_hot.html

3. Your Stove
If the flame is yellow, or has yellow streaks in it, something is probably clogging the outlets. Turn off the gas, remove the burner and clean the parts with a wire pipe-cleaner.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/energy_savings/​savings_in_the_kitchen/​your_stove.html

4. Check Your Apartment Heating
If your apartment is often too hot, try closing off some of your heat outlets. How does this save energy? The heating unit will send more heat to the open outlets.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/energy_savings/​apartment_living/​check_your_apartment_heating.html

5. Measure Your Electricity
If it is, head straight for the landlord and find out what other outlets are on your circuit. • Master meter.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/energy_savings/​apartment_living/​measure_your_electricity.html

6. Furnace
Check whether all heating outlets are operating properly (see radiator). If thermostat is exposed to cold drafts or heat (a radiator, register, fireplace, etc.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/household_repairs/​f/​furnace.html

7. Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters
Some receptacle GFCIs can protect only one outlet; others can be wired to provide feed through protection to all other outlets on the same circuit.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/home_ownership/​safety_and_special_interest/​ground_fault_circuit_interrupters.html

8. Wheelchair Accessibility
It also covers windows, lights and outlets, floor coverings and balconies. The designs are meant to be flexible enough to accommodate the needs of most people.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/home_ownership/​safety_and_special_interest/​wheelchair_accessibility.html

9. Variable-Frequency AC Power Supply
Since most equipment from abroad will not operate as intended from standard American 60 Hz 115V outlets, a special power supply is needed for this task.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/electrical_projects/​tools/​variable_frequency_ac_power_supply.html

10. Polarized Outlets
Except in newly constructed buildings, ac outlets are usually of the conventional nonpolarized type which do not provide secure grounding of the appliance.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/electrical_projects/​tools/​polarized_outlets.html


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