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Home generator selection, installation, and repair / by Dempsey, Paul(Paul K.),author.(CARDINAL)723959;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.Preface -- Selecting The Right Generator: -- Outages -- What's available -- Power output -- Power quality: -- Voltage -- Frequency -- Distortion -- Engines or prime movers -- Fuel options -- Other features worth having: -- Instrumentation -- Circuit breakers -- Ground-fault circuit interrupters -- Automatic idle control -- Noise -- Sizing -- Powering Up: -- Location -- Hookup: -- Power cords -- Power inlet box -- Transfer switches -- Transfer switches and neutral grounds -- Electrical safety: -- Grounding rods -- Fuels: -- Gasoline -- Propane -- Natural gas -- Diesel -- Planning ahead -- Generator Repairs: -- Conventional generators: -- Brushed generators -- Brushless generators -- Power quality -- Tools -- Measurements -- Output tests -- Resistance tests -- Ohmmeter tests -- Megaohmmeter tests -- Rotor excitation test -- Inverter generators: -- Operation -- Troubleshooting -- Engine Electrical: -- Engine management controls: -- Power sources -- Fuel cutoff valves -- Idle control -- Automatic choke -- Oil-pressure sensor -- Oil-level sensor -- Solid-state ignition: -- Ignition myths -- Starter motors -- Emergency Repairs: -- Tools and supplies -- No power: -- No power from any receptacle -- No power from one receptacle -- Genset slows under load -- Storage batteries -- Gasoline engine malfunctions: -- Preliminaries -- No start -- Loss of power as engine warms -- Sudden shutdowns -- Insufficient power -- Weak compression -- Diesel engine malfunctions: -- No or slow starting -- Runaway -- Fuel Systems: -- Basic carburetor theory -- Tools and supplies: -- Parts and materials -- Removal and installation -- Cleaning -- Float carburetor service: -- Needle and seat -- Float adjustments -- Jets -- Primer -- Diaphragm carburetor service: -- Diaphragm carburetor operation -- Plumbing -- Troubleshooting -- Pressure test -- Mixture-adjustment screws -- Fuel pumps -- Metering -- Idle circuits -- Check valves -- Final pressure check: -- Mixture adjustments: all carburetors -- Fuel injection -- Diesel: -- Wet stacking -- Safety -- Tools -- Fuel system checks -- Injectors -- High-pressure pump -- Timing -- Major Engine Repairs: -- Some basics -- What's needed -- Torque limits -- Evaluation -- Excessive compression -- No or barely perceptible compression -- Compression test -- Leak-down test: -- Leak-down test-four-cycle engine -- Leak-down test-two cycle engine -- Blowby gauge -- Cylinder head casting -- Valves -- Valve guides -- Valve springs -- Pushrods -- Pistons -- Rings: -- Installation -- Piston installation: -- Integral bores -- Detachable cylinders -- Connecting rods: -- Construction -- Orientation -- Bearings -- Micrometers -- Plastigage -- Failure analysis -- Rod assembly -- Cylinders: -- Glaze breaking -- Inspection -- Boring -- Sleeving -- Flywheel -- Crankcase -- Crankshalfts -- Antifriction main bearings -- Camshafts -- Balance shafts -- Oil seals -- Oil circuits -- Rewind starters: -- Starter troubleshooting -- Preload release and Restoration -- Brake -- Dogs -- Recoil springs -- Final word -- A: Generator websites -- B: National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) plug and receptacle configurations -- Index.Overview: Select, set up, and maintain a reliable home generator. This complete and practical guide shows you, step by step, how to choose the best generator for your needs, safely and properly install it, and handle troubleshooting and maintenance. Home Generator Selection, Installation, and Repair covers a wide variety of models, including those from the most popular manufacturers - Briggs and Stratton, Coleman, and Honda. Nearly 150 photos and diagrams help you to identify the various electrical components. This hands-on resource also describes the tools you'll need and provides sources for additional information and discount parts. Home Generator Selection, Installation, and Repair explains: How to decipher the technical terminology used in generator manuals; Different types of fuels-gasoline, propane, natural gas, and diesel; How to evaluate a generator's quality. Essential features, including instrumentation, protection from electroshock, and large pneumatic tires for mobility. How to safely connect generator output to home or office circuits; Portable generator support requirements, including: proper fuel storage and an inventory of parts, such as oil and air filters; Emergency fixes; Generator troubleshooting and repair procedures; Engine overhaul.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Electric generators; Dwellings; Electric generators;
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Principles of robotics & artificial intelligence / by Renneboog, Richard,editor.(CARDINAL)891845;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-467) and index.Extreme Value Theorem -- F -- Facial Recognition Technology in Surveillance -- Fuzzy Logic -- G -- Game Theory -- Geoinformatics -- Go -- Grammatology -- Graphene -- Graphics Technologies -- H -- Holographic Technology -- Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) -- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) -- I -- Integral -- Internet of Things (IoT) -- Interoperability -- K -- Kinematics -- L -- Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) -- Limit of a Function -- Linear Programming -- Linux -- Local Area Network (LAN) -- M -- Machine Code -- Machine Learning -- Machine Translation -- Magnetic Storage -- Mechatronics -- Microcomputer -- Microprocessor -- Motion (Physics) -- Multitasking -- N -- Nanotechnology -- Network Interface Controller (NIC) -- Network Topology -- Neural Engineering -- Nouvelle Artificial Intelligence -- Numerical Analysis -- O -- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) -- Optical Storage -- P -- Parallel Computing -- Pattern Recognition -- Photogrammetry -- Pneumatics -- Probability and Statistics -- Programming Languages for Artificial Intelligence -- Proportionality -- Public-Key Cryptography -- Python -- Q -- Quantum Computing -- R -- R -- Replication -- Robotic Arms -- Robotic Process Automation (RPA) -- Robotics -- Robotics and Robotic Systems -- Ruby -- S -- Scale Model -- Scratch -- Self-Management -- Semantic Web -- Sequence -- Series -- Set Notation -- Siri -- Smart City -- Smart Homes -- Smart Label -- Smartphone -- Soft Robotics -- Solar Cell -- Space Drone -- Space Robotics -- Speech Recognition -- Stem-and-Leaf Plots -- Structured Query Language (SQL) -- Stuxnet -- Supercomputer -- T Tablet Computer -- Turing Test -- U -- UNIX -- V -- Video Game Design and Programming -- Virtual Reality -- Z -- Z3 -- Zombie -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Organizations -- Index.Table of Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- A -- Abstraction -- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) -- Agile Robotics -- Algorithmic Bias -- Algorithms -- Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) -- Application Programming Interface (API) -- Artificial Consciousness -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- Artificial Intelligence and Terrorism -- Artificial Intelligence Cold War -- Artificial Intelligence in Cognitive Psychology -- Artificial Intelligence in Education -- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Cinema -- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Gaming -- Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Literature -- Augmented Reality (AR) -- Automated Processes and Servomechanisms -- Automatons, Mechanical Creatures, and Artificial Intelligence in Mythology -- Autonomous Car -- Avatars and Simulation -- B -- Behavioral Neuroscience -- Binary Pattern -- Biomechanical Engineering -- Biomechanics -- Biomimetics -- Bionics and Biomedical Engineering -- C -- C -- C++ -- Charles Babbage's Difference and Analytical Engines -- Chatbot -- ChatGPT (software) -- Client-Server Architecture -- CNC Milling -- Cognitive Science -- Combinatorics -- Computed Tomography -- Computer Engineering -- Computer Languages, Compilers, and Tools -- Computer Memory -- Computer Networks -- Computer Simulation -- Computer Software -- Computer Viruses and Worms -- Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) -- Computing Devices in History -- Continuous Random Variable -- Cryptography and Encryption -- Cybernetics -- Cybersecurity -- Cyberspace -- D -- The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence -- Data Analytics (DA) -- Deep Learning -- Deep Reinforcement Learning (deep RL) -- Deepfake -- Digital Fraud -- Digital Logic -- DNA Computing -- Domain-Specific Language (DSL) -- E -- Evaluating Expressions -- Existential Risk from Artificial General Intelligence -- Expert System."This volume provides readers with the important information they need to understand the basic concepts of artificial intelligence as well as ways that both AI and robotics can be successfully incorporated into manufacturing, transportation, education, and medicine. This new edition has been updated and expanded to include the latest developments in artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT and other chatbots, machine learning, and open-source AI. The text also discusses the role AI and robotics play in popular culture and modern society, recent calls to regulate the artificial intelligence industry and how the industry is expected to evolve in the future. More than 120 easy-to-understand entries, many with illustrations and photographs, cover: Augmented Reality; Machine Learning; Knowledge Acquisition; Pattern Recognition; Self-Management; Virtual Reality. These entries cover many important aspects of AI and robotics, including basic principles of robotic motion and engineering, neural engineering and human-computer interaction, programming languages and operating systems, and the mathematics that govern computation. The role of robotics and AI in war, fraud, and terrorism is also examined, as well as how these fields are portrayed in popular culture, which ultimately reflects how we perceive the line between human and machine. Entries begin by specifying related Fields of Study, followed by an Abstract and then a list of Key Concepts summarizing important points; all entries end with a helpful Further Reading section." -From publisher.
Subjects: Reference works.; Robotics.; Artificial intelligence.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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