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  2. How to keep your pipes from freezing during cold temperatures ...

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    Close your garage doors and crawl space openings before cold weather arrives. This will stop the chilly winds from coming into your home and freezing pipes. This will stop the chilly winds from ...

  3. Extreme cold: Why your house is popping and how to prevent ...

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    Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2019. We are republishing it as part of our winter coverage. Bitter-cold temperatures can make your home do strange things in the winter months.

  4. Backflow prevention device - Wikipedia

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    Water pressure may fail or be reduced when a water main bursts, pipes freeze, or there is unexpectedly high demand on the water system (for example, when several fire hydrants are opened). Reduced pressure in the pipe may allow contaminated water from the soil , from storage, or from other sources to be drawn up into the system.

  5. Dimmer - Wikipedia

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    A common dual dimmer module used in stage lighting A dimmer. A dimmer is a device connected to a light fixture and used to lower the brightness of the light.By changing the voltage waveform applied to the lamp, it is possible to lower the intensity of the light output.

  6. Cold cathode - Wikipedia

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    A cold cathode is distinguished from a hot cathode that is heated to induce thermionic emission of electrons. Discharge tubes with hot cathodes have an envelope filled with low-pressure gas and containing two electrodes. Hot cathode devices include common vacuum tubes, fluorescent lamps, high-pressure discharge lamps and vacuum fluorescent ...

  7. Why sudden loud booms sometimes occur when it's very cold outside

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    When the temperature drops rapidly, within approximately 12 to 48 hours, water that has collected below the ground's surface freezes solid and expands quickly. This change cracks the ground ...

  8. Street light interference phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    A street lamp mounted on a bracket and column A high pressure sodium street light fixture. Street light interference, sometimes called high voltage syndrome, is the claimed ability of individuals to turn street lights or outside building security lights on or off when passing near them. [1]

  9. Freezing drizzle - Wikipedia

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    Freezing drizzle is extremely dangerous to aircraft in icing conditions, as the supercooled water droplets will freeze onto the airframe, degrading aircraft performance considerably. The loss and accident of American Eagle Flight 4184 on October 31, 1994, has been attributed to ice buildup due to freezing drizzle aloft.