All items tagged with Car and cars (45)

| There is a problem if you want to use a car battery to power a circuit which requires a symmetrical supply voltage. Having abandoned the i...

| In some countries, it is still obligatory for cars parked in the road at night to have their parking lights on. If the car is parked well...

| The output stages of many car radio/cassette players have no switch-on delay for the loudspeakers. This causes annoying clicks when the...

| The power that can be obtained from a standard car radio amplifier operating from a 12 V car battery is 5-6 W, which (for many listeners)...

| Most cars are provided nowadays with interior lighning that comes on automatically when one of the doors (or the tailgate of a hatchback)...

| The super starter makes it possible to start cars with ageing batteries and obsolescent (coil-based) ignition systems, particularly during...

| In older cars, the battery charging voltage is controlled mechanically. The regulator consists of a relay that switches the stator windin...

| In case you were not aware of it, the rush-hour can affect your health. Stuck in a traffic jam or caught in the dense traffic in a big cit...

| Most new cars are now provided with a central locking system, either as standard (most) or as an optional extra, sometimes combined with a...

| Cars seem to attract thieves, probably because of the relative ease of entering them. Anyone who has locked their keys inside will testify...