Behind a freshly painted wall, a single shortcut splice can quietly turn into a heating element you never meant to install. When you twist wires together, tape them, and bury the joint out of sight, ...

Once drywall comes down, the story your wiring tells is often very different from what you expected. Behind finished walls, you can find quick twists of copper, buried junction boxes, and improvised ...

Ah, soldering. It’s great for sticking surface mount parts to a PCB, and it’s really great for holding component legs in a plated through-hole. It also does a pretty great job of holding two spliced ...