Meadowbrook Mansion visitors–part 14

After successfully fitting himself into Pixie's basket this morning (see that post) he's back again tonight for a proper sleep session. This hound often sleeps with his eyes open, right now he's asleep in a dream with sound effects - lol

Mower repairs–part 3

Have to clean all that out plus wash parts with petrol which means I have to go get more stuff so wait till later when the rain eases off - down tools again.

As posted the old bulb is really soft when compared to the new one.

Mower repairs–part 2

Went down to the mower place to get the parts and when I got back, we had to quickly get the chooks sorted out before the rain came down - what a change. Went out to continue mower repairs but gave up for now with everything pulled back into the carport - away from the rain.

This parts cost $29 bucks - Crikey

Mower repairs–part 1

Victa Briggs & Stratton mulching mower will not start (bugger)

Since the last time I serviced the mower a few years ago it's been running well and now suddenly with no warnings - will not start ???

There are a couple of things creeping in lately, harder to prime and the recoil starter is dodgy - slack cord.

Removed the cover, the end of the throttle cable needs to be unhooked from the throttle arm.

Meadowbrook Mansion visitors–part 13

Sprocket - work up from a snooze downstairs ‘where is everyone’ did a tour of the house and made contact with us on the balcony ‘all OK; then went back to what he was doing downstairs but this time upstairs in the lounge – in his basket.

Meadowbrook Mansion visitors–part 11

Setup a couple of cameras connected to the Workshop CCTV system to monitor the little buggers in the chook run annex.

Motion Activated Sprinkler - part 6

Was in Bunnings the other day and something reminded me of this 2016 project gathering dust under a workbench.

The basic concept is if you have a problem with unwelcome visitors (daytime/nocturnal…anytime) this is for you. Originally I came up with this idea to solve a particular problem, to keep a daytime prowling cat out of the backyard that was stalking our chooks. After I do a review of this with some costing I'll put it up on Al's Workshop - see what happens.

On the left is a water solenoid and to the right the control box. I'll do another post explaining how this works along with a demo in the backyard.