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Stories By Pauline Gill

  • Structures
    Structures By Pauline Gill November 4th, 2022

    How To Calculate Water Flow In A Hose By Using Pressure

    How to Calculate Water Flow in a Hose by Using Pressure. Hoses provide the ultimate in utility and flexibility in moving a liquid or gas from one place to another safely and efficiently. A wide assortment of hoses are available for domestic and gardening use, industrial applications and in fighting fires. In every case, hose-system designers seek to provide maximum flow with minimum pressure losses, and they use Bernoulli's Principle, which simply states that flow through a tube is proportional to the square root of pressure change through a system. You can calculate flow from pressure information using published hose data.

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    Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Pauline Gill September 6th, 2022

    Can I Use A Reducer Gearbox As An Increaser?

    Can I Use a Reducer Gearbox As an Increaser?. Reducer gearboxes are the most common type used in industry, transportation and appliances. This is due to the vast majority of gearbox applications requiring reduction of a motor's shaft speed while increasing its torque. There are specialized applications that require just the opposite, however--an increase in shaft speed with a proportionately lower torque. While most increaser gearboxes are specially designed to be increasers, there are a few reducer gearboxes that may be turned around to increase speed under very limited conditions.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Pauline Gill March 23rd, 2022

    How To Change The Oil On A Craftsman 675 Series Mower

    How to Change the Oil on a Craftsman 675 Series Mower. Craftsman 675 Series Lawn Mowers have Briggs and Stratton 190-cubic centimeter displacement vertical shaft engines rated at 6.75 foot-lbs. of torque at 3,100 revolutions per minute. The 675 Series mowers are most often push-type walk-behind rotary mowers with 21-inch or 22-inch cutting decks. The manufacturer of these engines recommends the initial engine oil change after five hours of use, and after 25 hours of use thereafter. Changing this oil is a straightforward process.

    By Pauline Gill March 23rd, 2022 Read More