Solar Charge Controller 30A 12V/24V USB Controller-

This is the one supplied with the '250W Solar Panel Flexible 12V 30A Caravan Camping Portable Solar Panels Kit' that I purchased. 

Solar Panel 250W - Part 3

Did some more work including refinements and additions.

Modified the MDF box for a tilting display.

Ruby & Rosie after hot night

After a very hot night Rosie & Ruby relaxing and waiting for me on the front door mat waiting for me to come out and do the morning rounds.

Solar Panel 250W - Part 2

We need to package all the components so doing that in this session.

Found a flip-top storage box that will do nicely.

Chicken misting pole

For hot days and there's one coming up tomorrow this helps to cool down hot chooks. After many years of abuse being thrown like a javelin over high shrubs and dragged along the ground it's needs attention. Some of the mister nozzles are blocked and one is missing plus hole in the tubing on the inlet side. Also swapping over to a straighter length of electrical conduit.

I have already cleared the blocked brass nozzles with a spray bottle and removed the section with the missing nozzle.

Solar Panel 250W - Part 1

 250W Solar Panel Flexible 12V 30A Caravan Camping Portable Solar Panel Kit-

This is for my workshop projects and related gadgets in particular to power my wi-fi bird feeder and wi-fi chicken feeder.

Delivered the next day.

WiFi Switch Escam - Part 1

I ordered this towards the end of last year and since then been trying on and off too pair the bloody thing!

Finally yesterday after app and firmware updates managed to do that!

Purchased from Amazon.

Zia back home from vet

 

Zia back home from vet after vacannation jab and also had those deadly claws clipped!

Wi-Fi Chicken Feeder - Update

Replaced the plastic barrier mesh with a plywood cover.

That's working OK

Ruby & Rosie angle parking

Ruby & Rosie angle parking 

 

Notice - Backyard chicken visitors

You are likely looking for my poultry projects and related gadgets.

Here are some keyword search examples:

wi-fi chicken door

wi-fi chicken feeder

wi-fi bird feeder

bird bath

and

wi-fi valve, amazon, alexa, echo show, zigbee,.

 

Ruby & Rosie another morning

Another morning Ruby & Rosie being released and it's going to be a very hot day!

Wi-Fi Chicken Feeder - Part 3

Video clips from the Part 2 session.

These days I have problems just holding and seeing my phone so the clips are pretty shabby.

Wi-Fi Chicken Feeder - Part 2

We finished Part 1 with making a cover frame and mounting the servo motor.

This is where we left off.

Ruby & Rosie off to bed

 

All three of us had a busy day gardening.

Wi-Fi Chicken Feeder - Part 1

Suitable for use in the chook run where there is 240V power for the 12V power supply or powered from 12V SLA battery (also solar panel) for controlled feed sessions the yard or further out within wi-fi range.

The feeder is controlled with the Smart Life app in conjunction with Amazon Alexa. For example to remotely open the feeder 'Alexa... Open Chicken Feeder'. You can also press the button on the feeder itself to manually open and close.

Timber is very expensive so for the prototype I am using timber from the previous coop roost.

Camera Photos backup-

Just finished a backup of the Camera Photos folder.

When I say backup it's actually a file copy using the xcopy command which.

xcopy "c:\camera photos\*.*" /v /d /i /s /r /y

The above ("c:\camera photos\*.*") is the source and the destination is the current location which on this occasion is D:\Camera Photos, a 500GB USB drive. I have four of them and rotate so there is always four complete backups!

Amazon Alexa for Windows

This is Amazon Alexa running on a Windows 10 Pro desktop and linked to the Smart Home app

I asked 'Alexa...Show me the Chicken Shed  Camera' which then appeared in another window.

That's Ruby &  Rosie.

Amazon Alexa demo

This is Amazon Alexa running on a Windows 10 Pro desktop.

Via the Smart Home app-

I asked 'Alexa...Show me Chicken Shed  Camera'

She responded 'OK'

And another window opened displaying the chook shed camera.

That's Ruby &  Rosie.

Chook Shed Water Mister - Part 1

For hot nights and hot chooks here is something for backyard poultry people which should allow the chooks to remain out there and avoid or at least reduce the prep work time and effort to bring them inside - everyone stays cooler. 

Came across this in ALDI and immediately thought of chickens