Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Nature strip shrub edging

Finished putting the edging around the replacement nature strip shrub to contain the mulch.

Now I can trim and mow without making a mess. I'll send this photo off to Kay who manages the tree planting program in Monash.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Bunnings shopping

Waiting for ET in the garden section of Bunnings and I already
have my stuff which is for the replacement nature strip shrub planted three months ago. This is a 'fix up' and I'll be sending photos to Kay who is in charge of the tree planting program at Monash.

This to go around the replacement shrub. Why am i doing this?

Monday shopping trip

Doing our usual Monday trip to Wheelers Hill which BTW is the only place ET will get her Tattslotto from. She must be onto something cos we often have smaller winnings that would have covered a fair chunk of the outlay. Today the trolley is full of stuff - for a reason.

Why do we have so much this Monday?

Monday, October 14, 2019

Hollycam

At the Wantirna Club and checking on our Holly back home.

Sunday, October 13, 2019

LW-K3010D power supply - further testing.

As this point I'm not interested in load testing but rather will this power supply be suitable for the type of work I want to do which is low voltage low current - working with LED lighting. Typically 3V, 4.5, 5V and some 12V stuff. So the question is current resolution, how low will it resolve down to?

On the left and just unpacked is a new set of Fairy lights powered by 2 x AA battery box.I tapped into the + supply wire to connect the multimeter in series to measure current with it set on 0.25A or 250mA. The current drawn is just below 100mA.

eBay and dodgy traders or suppliers - UPDATE !!!

As posted after complaining to eBay I got a full PayPal refund within two hours and a message from the trader that there was no need to return the faulty power supply.
Happy to report and I think it's a fair and just outcome after all the hassle that I have been able to repair the faulty power supply that arrived DOA.



Just finished replacing the faulty bits with new components I got from Jaycar this morning.- about $10 bucks. It's working...yay.

Testing with a 12V LED stick that is pulling 390mA. Have to quit now cos there are other jobs on the list, back later to have another play.

Stay tuned ..

Friday, October 11, 2019

ALDI Gardenline veggie bed - adding a second one for ET

Another bloody windy day and yeah...I don't like windy days. Today however coming in from the East so not to bad in the backyard along with some sunshine so decided to setup the second veggie box.



These days it's important to plan everything so as not to stress the body so I've cleared the old *BBQ table to assemble the box.

Another new toy for kitties.