I was a home power magazine subscriber to the end; it seems to me that after the death of Richard Perez in early 2017, it didn't take long for the publishing effort to collapse. Like every other print magazine in the Internet age, they'd been suffering from dwindling ad and subscription revenue, and I assume Richard's long illness made it even harder to keep up momentum.

End of an era, certainly, but the content is still online for now. It's worth downloading.

--Charlie

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020, 11:29 AM Chris Zach via Elec-trak <elec-trak@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu> wrote:

> Has anyone found a good replacement for that magazine?

I know, it was sad. I actually had an article published there
(Adventures with a solar powered tractor), I guess they either got
bought or just gave up for some reason.

> To keep to Elec-Trak topics, my I-5 suddenly refused to go into Cruise
> Control mode. After checking wiring and the CC switch, I finally looked
> at the CC relay. Right next to it was a small nut (organic, not
> hardware), probably left courtesy of a mouse. It prevented the relay's
> movable contact from moving. Sometimes the solution is simple! This is
> another reason to use enclosed relays rather than the open "Champion"
> relays. (And, yes, a mouse had taken up residence amongst the wires and
> relays - no chew marks, though.)

Mice suck, no doubt. But glad your CC is working, my E20 is fine except
for the fact that I broke one of the pins on the mower deck shock
absorbers. Anyone know what those are called (not shear pins) and what
size they are again?

Thanks!
C

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