Video intercom weather box repairs

The plywood top of the box needs replacing.

Took a shortcut and replaced the top without removing the whole thing which worked out OK.

Cut a piece of plywood in the workshop.

Why didn't I think of this before?

 From December 2023 I have had lots of Outlook 2021 calendar health appointments and wondering why I did not think to do printouts like this. With poor eyesight I have been standing at counters struggling try to read the phone to check if the suggested appointment date is going to clash with another one!

I have printed three copies with date range from this week to end of January. One for ET to back me up, one for the car and one for the computer desk.

LED Floodlight repairs

Erratic operation and then the lights would not turn on when power was turned off and then on.

The PIR sensor must be faulty.

Jumbuck BBQ needs a new tamer

Purchased in 2015 as a floor special from Bunnings for $75 this BBQ has served us well.

Velcro is good

 

I am fortunate to have a good supply of Velcro so I use it everywhere for lots of things.

This sensor light is from the front porch and is stuck to the brick wall.

Carport drain cleaning - with assistance

 

Can't get rid of them!

Brivis Wombat gas heater-

 Watching TV last night and must have fallen asleep because I didn't notice anything. ET yells out did I turn the heater on - nope - so got up to have a look. Ceiling vents blowing cold air... UH-OH

Checked the thermostat and heater was turned off - not good.

Bin collection today

Yellow bin is recycle and Green garden & kitchen waste.

This week Yellow is chockers due mainly to the concurrent annual hard waste collection so I've been doing the rounds collecting whatever can go out.

Before the trucks come around council inspectors have been monitoring bin contents to check that residents are following the bin sorting rules - they are watching! Some neighbours have had their bins tagged warning and notifying to follow the rules.

Anyway... went out this morning with another hand full for the Yellow bin a we have - been tagged!

Zia - Coat hanger disaster

OMG... Came inside from tending to Speckles and froze, what's going on here!

United Energy planned outage - Part 2

Preparing for tomorrow's United Energy planned 8.00am - 4.30pm.power outage.

United Energy planned outage - Part 1

As posted planned United Energy 8.00am - 4.30pm outage underway.

Bunnings gas bottle exchange

Exchanged two gas bottles today.

 

The larger 8.5kg bottle.

Winter jab is booked.

Booked in with local GP next Monday for my winter jab.

Started by doing the usual thing and went to the Vic Gov website; on this occasion that was a mistake!

Got sent all over the place and finally was offered two sites (can't be right) Ringwood and Dandenong  with no available bookings (can't be right).

Ended up phoning local GP which I should have done in the first place.

Postie package delivery

My ‘Post / Parcel Drop Tray’ is working well.

Repurposed kitchen dish drying rack.

Toilet cistern repairs

The loo is dribbling water!

Ordered this (click & collect) from Bunnings on Sunday and only got the email OK to collect this morning!

Driveway carriage lights not working

Looks like a faulty motion sensor.

Last night I noticed the front lights had come on...and stayed on?
Went out to try resetting the sensor but that was no-go so we have another job to add to the list.

This was a 2015 project - the sensor is secured to the top of a upside down plastic Jiffy project box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parcel delivery system working well

The parcel delivery tray (old dish drying rack) is working well.

Lenovo AIO desktop noisy fan

For some months now our Lenovo Ideacentre AIO 510 (23) i7/16GB desktop has been annoying me with a noisy fan.

Even when idle the fan revs will increase and decrease in a cyclic manner.

Removed the back and gave it a clean out; not much in the way of dust clogging things so this will not fix the noisy fan problem. I suspect it’s software…not hardware.

Mix & match - Interested in this but...

Interested in this but...don't want to end up growing a tail

I have been 'forced' by the government to have the bloody AZ jab!

Workshop CCTV DRV not recoding - again.

We have two home security systems and both of them are from ALDI; the main house system and another one in the workshop.

The workshop DVR has HDD failures from time-to-time so it's become a familiar routine to pull out the unit, remove the HDD and connect to workshop PC to fix it - but not format. Do that when it's back in the DVR the connect a test camera to make sure it records OK before putting it back in the cupboard.

The DVR is located in this cupboard near the side entrance with an old Dell LCD monitor on top. Channel 1 & 2 are the workshop cameras. Channel 4 camera looks down the carport and up the driveway. This one full screen allows me to keep an eye on things when home alone. Channel 3 is general purpose outside camera usually on a makeshift camera stand (old windmill base) that I move around as needed.