From 2004 – 2019 this was our main switch located in the upstairs linen cupboard. When it died I had a go at repairing the power supply but gave up and it was replaced with a Netgear switch. The photo below is was taken in 2019 photo when the switch died.
While cleaning up Al’s Workshop came across it again and decided to have have another look – to repair.
Continue reading “Dell PowerConnect 2016 network switch – revisited”
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!
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.
Cleaning and testing the pump in the backyard Gazebo area at the wash basin.
Continue reading “Buddha water feature not happy – part 2”The solar pump water outlet flow is like a cyclic spitting?
Had to go up a stepladder which is at the end of a long pole (catch the sun) to remove the solar panel. At the workbench pulled the pump apart and nothing obvious jamming the motor – scratch head.
Continue reading “Buddha water feature not happy – part 1”The loo is dribbling water!
Ordered this (click & collect) from Bunnings on Sunday and only got the email OK to collect this morning!
Using the old sawhorse for bundling branches was too much for it in the end; the poor thing ended up lame. Oh well…we have another lock down project
No point reinventing the wheel, let’s use the leg that broke off to transfer some measurements.
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.
Nearly forgot to have a look at this today with water very slow to drain out of the basin.
Just finished cleaning out the pipe with the plumbers’ snake. When I removed the elbow cap it was even blocked at the elbow.
Continue reading “Bathroom basin is blocked”Roof was sprayed today, three coats of Dulux Mid Brown (includes primer) and that’s it, all the work is completed and paid for – yay
Roof was sprayed today, three coats of Dulux Mid Brown (includes primer) and that’s it, all the work is completed and paid for – yay
