Problem with one of the V380 cameras

Went to move it from the bird bath over to the cottage garden to monitor Speckles and when I plugged the micro USB cable into the camera connector it broke away and is now rattling around inside the camera housing – bugger.

Gave myself no chance of repairing this one!

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Removed the base and the USB PCB socket dropped out onto the work bench. – the tiny mounting legs have broken off. No photo of the actual socket as it’s too small (bloody tiny) for the phone camera to focus.

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Laminar flow water jet – revisited (after 8 years)

Cleaning up around the garden shed came across this water feature that’s been neglected for the last 8 years – time flies!

The special hand-made brass nozzle jet that allows for undisturbed water flow – is missing! I just made another simplified nozzle jet from a steel washer; countersunk, ground and then polished. The result is quite acceptable. See my blog link below for the 2014 project build.

1I still need a water pump to recirculate the water.

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