CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The City of Charleston is nearing completion on one of its most ambitious infrastructure upgrades in recent memory: the $75 million Low Battery Seawall Restoration Project.

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Ideal diodes and ORing controllers offer space-saving, scalable solutions to protect a system against reverse voltage or reverse current. They reduce the energy lost ...

If the car battery terminals are reverse connected during a jump start, vehicle upkeep, or repair, components in the associated automotive electronics modules may be damaged if they cannot handle the ...

When the power fails on a subzero night, your alarms are only as trustworthy as the batteries hiding behind their plastic ...

From traditional fuses to eFuses, understanding the advantages, limitations, and use cases of each technology helps engineers ...

Accidentally connecting a battery reverse can be a real killer in electronic circuits. There are a number of ways to provide protection and all have the expected advantages and disadvantages. Any ...

The simplest protection method for battery packs is a fuse that opens if the system draws excessively high current. A more complex protection circuit is found in some battery packs. The ...

Charging your phone to 100% every night isn’t the healthiest practice for your phone’s battery. That isn’t to say it’s wrong to do. In fact, it often can’t be avoided, as some phones don’t incorporate ...

Ryobi continues to be one of the most respected tool manufacturers on the market, even if some of them are pretty obscure, and that's for a variety of different reasons. One of the most notable ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Charleston Mayor William Cogswell, council member Mike Seekings and other project leaders break ...

Betsy Maloney strolled along Charleston Harbor on Feb. 14 with her goldendoodle Ginger nipping at her heels. Their usual 2-mile circuit was cut short as construction barricades blocked off part of the ...