I have a ride on lawnmower with a battery that won’t hold a charge. My got a semi- dead battery from my daughters car she replaced. Match made in heaven? Not so much
Harmony 525 remote repair
The main select button stopped working on our universal remote and it was nearly the end of the world for the kids
Dryer repair
We have an old Hoover dryer that the motor bearings were making a terrible noise in. I “repaired” it and the power tripped.
Chinese Battery Charger
I pulled apart a Chinese 18650 charger to have a look. These were the problems found.
Chinese timer relay
Is this the result of buying a cheap timer Chinese relay off Alliexpress?
Telstra VoIP modem
I need a VoIP system for my grandmother that doesn’t cut-in and out. Currently I have a Cisco VoIP adaptor behind a Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2 (DJA0231). The problem that is happening is the phone is not clear and garbled, sometimes not being able to connect to the SIP server. I have theory that the modem is causing the connection problems, but I don’t necessarily want to replace the Telstra modem as it has 4G backup for DSL and voice. It also has VoIP, but being a Telstra branded modem, it is all locked down.
DIY LED
The light blew in the fridge, and didn’t want to buy a new one, so I thought I would make one out of the stuff I have lying around.
PoE 100base hack
I have wanted to add another WiFi access point to my shed. I had a cheap Chinese one that had a 100Mb port so I could use a simple injector system with the unused pairs.
Dishwasher Hack
We replaced our old dishwasher with a new LG Direct Drive model, with the all important feature of child lock.
Now, when something has chid lock, you would imagine it would stop a child from pressing buttons and turning the dishwasher off mid cycle. Not the case.
Bath Tap
Not entirely sure how but this is what happens when you ask your teenager to fill the bath for the kids.