Can you really use a pencil to replace the inside of a spark plug? One intrepid group of experimenters decided to find out ...

Read a good spark plug lately? We hope so, for your engine's sake. But spark plug reading—the traditional way to check your fuel mixture and monitor other vital conditions in the combustion chamber ...

Before you plug in every appliance in your home, know the risky ones. These common device categories can overload smart plugs or create safety issues.

Considering the price differences between different spark plug types, you may be tempted to switch from platinum to copper plugs. Here's why that's a bad idea.

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

In the middle of the 20th century, the atom was all the rage. Radiation was the shiny new solution to everything while being similarly poorly understood by the general public and a great deal of those ...

For most cars and trucks, gasoline and diesel engines follow the same four basic steps to make power: intake, to get a mixture of fuel and air into the cylinders; compression, to squeeze that mixture ...

Chrysler's 5.7-liter HEMI engine is one of the most iconic Mopar engines of all time. A lot of factors contribute to the 5.7 HEMI's power and performance, but one of its most interesting ...

Swapping out spark plugs is, next to changing your oil, one of the most basic, straightforward bits of maintenance you can perform on your car. Spark plugs go bad over time, so it's important to keep ...

Smart plugs can help track energy use, but they also consume some power themselves. Knowing the standby draw helps you plan better.

It’s so easy to make your home a bit smarter these days. Right now, you can score a 3-pack of TP-Link Tapo smart plugs for $20 on Amazon thanks to a lovely 20% discount promotion that’s going on.