| How to Stay Healthy when Working from Home Posted: 20 Nov 2017 04:00 PM PST If you have the luxury and convenience of working from home, it is much easier to maintain a steady commitment to your health as opposed to working in an office, which brings with it the stress of gridlocked traffic commutes, fattening vending machine lunches, cramped cubicles limiting movement for exercise, etc. Still, being surrounded by the comforts of home while you work can make staying healthy a challenge as well. Here is how to stay healthy when working from home. - Create a healthy work environment. If possible, your home office or designated work area should be far away from the kitchen and bedroom to eliminate regular snack breaks or late-night emailing. If you will be working from home long-term, you should invest in a high-quality ergonomic desk chair to help support your posture. And most importantly, keep unhealthy foods and sugary drinks out of reach.
- Develop consistent work habits and a daily routine. Establish your office hours, and avoid working too late so as to prevent you from getting enough sleep. If you can, do not stare at your computer monitor for extended periods of time; avert your eyes away from the screen every 20 minutes or so for at least a few seconds to help with eyestrain.
- Take advantage of the fact that by working from home, you can get more sleep. Just because you can stroll into your home office at 8:59 each morning doesn't justify staying up till after midnight, but keep to a regular 7 or 8 hour sleep pattern and your energy level will be stabilized throughout the workday.
- Exercise! This is possibly the greatest benefit you will have when working out of your home. Take regular breaks that involve not switching from your desk chair to the sofa for a sip of soda, but getting up and walking such as to the mailbox or up and down a flight of stairs. Better yet, hit the gym or the pavement for a full workout before work begins each morning or after work ends every evening. If your company is like-minded about the importance of keeping in shape, see if obtaining a stationary bike for under your chair or even a treadmill desk are possibilities.
- Commit to a healthy diet. Fortunately, this is much easier to do at home where you have complete control over the food at your disposal. Stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables for snacking throughout the workday, and drink lots of water when you're feeling thirsty. Plus, not only will you have access to healthier lunches, but you'll save money not getting takeout every day instead.
- Getting your work done timely and effectively should be your top priority in addition to these steps.
- Consult a nutritionist or fitness adviser for professional advice geared toward your specific needs.
- Write down a plan of your routine that includes all the things you plan to do to keep healthy while working from home. Otherwise, it will become easy to neglect this.
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| How to Test a Voltage Regulator Posted: 20 Nov 2017 08:00 AM PST Voltage regulators are commonly found in cars and other electronic equipment. A voltage regulator will limit the maximum amount of voltage from a power source and prevents a device or alternator from shorting and overheating.[1] Signs of a bad voltage regulator in a car includes dimming or pulsing lights or a dead battery.[2] Luckily, testing whether your regulator works is fairly easy as long as you have a multimeter and follow the correct procedures.[3] EditTesting a Vehicle's Voltage Regulator with a Multimeter - Purchase an ohm or multimeter. An ohm meter, otherwise known as a multimeter, can be purchased at a hardware store, online, or at an automotive store. This meter will be able to read the voltage running through your battery and will indicate whether your regulator is working properly.[4]
- A multimeter is often much less expensive than other complex diagnostic tools and can cost from anywhere from $14 to over $100 USD.
- Open the hood of your car. Pull the lever on the inside of your car to pop the hood. Then, unhook the bar under the hood and use the bar to prop the hood up. You should see your engine and the car's battery.[5]
- Attach the clamps on your multimeter to the battery terminals. Your battery is near your engine and looks like a plastic box. There should be two nodes with a + and - symbol near them. Your multimeter should have a black and red cord, with clamps attached to the end of them. Attach the black clamp to the negative (-) terminal and the red one to the positive (+) terminal on your battery.[6]
- Your battery may also have a plastic cap over your battery terminals. Lift the plastic cap to see the positive and negative nodes.
- Set the multimeter to voltage. Turn the dial or press a button on your ohm or multimeter and set it to voltage. The voltage setting will look like ∆V, or will be a V with lines above it.[7]
- If you're unsure of which setting is voltage, read the instruction manual that came with the multimeter.
- Read the numerals on the display. With the vehicle off, you should have a little over 12 volts if your battery is working properly. If the multimeter reads under 12 volts, it most likely means that your battery is weak and will need to be replaced soon.[8]
- If the multimeter doesn't read anything, you've either connected it improperly or your battery is dead.
- Put your car in park and turn it on. Make sure your car is in park so that you don't move forward or backward while you test the regulator. Turn the key in the ignition to start the car, or press the ignition button if your vehicle has one. Take a look at your multimeter. The reading should have increased to around 13.8 volts while the car is idle.[9]
- If your multimeter reads 13.8, it means that your alternator is properly charging your battery.
- Rev the vehicle's engine. You will need someone else to rev the engine so that you can look at the multimeter as they do it. With your car still in park, slowly press on the gas until your car reaches 1,500 - 2,000 RPMs.[10]
- Read the output on the ohm meter. The regulator should cap the output of your battery at around 14.5. If the voltage reads over 14.5, it probably means that you have a faulty regulator. If your voltage reading is below 13.8 volts, you have a weak battery and will need to replace it soon.[11]
EditTesting a 3 Terminal Voltage Regulator - Read the schematics that came with the voltage regulator. In order to test a 3 terminal voltage regulator in electronic equipment, you'll need to know which pins are the input, output, and ground pins. Typically, the left pin should be input, the right pin should be output, and the middle pin is usually the ground pin.[12]
- You will also need to know how many volts your regulator is supposed to output.
- Typical voltage regulators for computer equipment will be anywhere from 5-12 volts.
- Set your multimeter to the voltage setting. The voltage setting will look like ∆V, or will be a V with lines above it. It's important that you set your multimeter to this setting or else it will try to read the current or resistance, and you won't know how many volts are running through your voltage regulator.[13]
- Attach the red wire to the input pin and the black wire to the ground pin. Doing this will give you the input voltage reading. This voltage reading should typically be around 1-2 volts higher than what the regulator is designed to output. If your multimeter doesn't read anything, it means that your regulator isn't properly receiving current from your power supply.[14]
- Touch the black wire to output and the red wire to the ground pin. Once you do this, you should get a reading that corresponds to the device's intended voltage output. You can find the voltage output by looking at the regulator's instruction manual, or by searching your specific regulator online. If your output voltage is higher or lower than what the regulator was designed for, you know that you have a faulty regulator.
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| How to Mount an ISO Image Posted: 20 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST This wikiHow teaches you how to use an ISO file without first burning it to a disc by "mounting" it onto your computer's CD drive. You can mount an ISO on both Windows and Mac computers. EditOn Windows - Open Start . Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
- Open File Explorer . Click the folder icon in the lower-left side of the Start window.
- Find the ISO. Click the folder in which your ISO is stored (e.g., Downloads) on the left side of the File Explorer, then open any additional folders in the main window until you arrive at your ISO file.
- Select the ISO. Click the ISO file to select it.
- Click the tab. You'll find this option in the upper-left side of the window. A toolbar will appear below it.
- Click . It's in the "Manage" section of the toolbar. Doing so will mount your ISO file onto your computer's CD drive.
- Click . This folder is on the left side of the File Explorer, though you may need to scroll up or down on the left-hand column to see it.
- Open your mounted ISO. Double-click your ISO's name below the "Devices and drives" heading in This PC. It will resemble a CD on a drive. Your ISO's contents will open.
- Open Finder. Click the blue, face-like app in your Mac's dock.
- Find the ISO. Click the folder in which your ISO is stored (e.g., Downloads) on the left side of the Finder, then open any additional folders in the main window until you arrive at your ISO file.
- Double-click the ISO. This will immediately mount the ISO to your Mac.
- Click the ISO's name. In the left-hand column of the Finder, you should see your ISO's name appear below the "Devices" heading; click it here to open the ISO.
- You can also double-click the ISO icon that appears on your Mac's desktop after mounting.
- If you want to boot from an ISO in order to install a different operating system, you'll still need to put it on a disc.
- Just because you can open your ISO doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be able to run it.
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