Sunday, February 12, 2023

Bailey - timeout in his igloo bed.



Recovering 18650 batteries - Part 2

With one set of four batteries recovered and on charge for a while we can package with masking tape lol and see how it go's powering the 12V Garden Sentry.


Wire them in series.

Recovering 18650 batteries - Part 1

 Hoping to power the 12V Garden Sentry from 18650 Batteries (3.7V li-ion rechargeable cells). We have two drill battery packs and a laptop battery.

Dead Ozito battery pack.

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Garden Sentry 12V - Part 7

 Weather cover for the PIR sensor plus some thoughts about solar charging.

For the weather cover we are using a sweets container lol

Friday, February 10, 2023

Garden Sentry 12V - Part 6

 From Part 6 yesterday we are now doing some modifications and tidying up the wiring.

Decided to move the unit down the support post a bit further away from the sensor to reduce the likelihood of top overspray triggering the sensor.

Another new toy for kitties.