Its taken me nearly 3 years to get this right, and the need to set charging timers to take advantage of EV overnight rates was the reason why it happened. Setting the clock is a two phase process. Firstly setting the ‘system’ time, and secondly setting the local time. 1. Setting the system time. a….
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The numbers game – Countdown
Depending on your age, you may be familiar with the TV program Countdown, or the 8 Out 0f 10 Cats does Countdown version, or the generic original version Numbers and Letters, or maybe the even more original French version! If you are you will know it is basically two games. Firstly an anagram game where…
Otago 2022 – another roadtrip
Covid permitting, we are intending to do a similar trip to last years trip to Central Otago. In brief, a 4 day drive down the east coast, overnights in Cheviot, Geraldine and Waikouaiti, arriving Beaumont on the 4th night. One night in a lodge in Beaumont, and a transfer to Middlemarch the next day. We…
Lubitel 166B Digital Camera – project definition
This was intended to be a blog of the process of building my Lomo Lubitel 166B Digital camera, using a Raspberry PI camera and computer. However, it was effectively completed without me having time to document the build at all. So it now has a page of its own here enjoy!
Garage Automation Project – Further Update
As I said below in the last Raspberry Pi post, this project will never really be over. A while ago, the Logitech Web Cam attached to the PI Model B assigned to door opener duties (which gave images of the inside of the garage) failed. I used these cameras because I had one in stock,…
Road Trip 2021 – Central Otago
Lynn and Dave cycle the Otago bike trails Background Lynn and I have been wanting to do the Central Otago Rail Trail since we first heard about it many years ago. We finally have bikes that we feel we want to use on such adventures, but weren’t confident about our ability to get there and…
Garage Automation Project – near as dammit complete!
The History I looked back at previous posts and it appears I have been working on this project for nearly 3 years! The first part, being able to open the garage doors using wifi from a browser on my phone, has been up and running with various degrees of success for most of that time,…
New Tyres for Squirrel
The Yokohama 145R12 LT (light truck) tyres on the Minicab Miev have come to the end of their life, down to less than 2mm of tread, and an edge wearing away on the back, probably due to driving style. I rotated the tyres at 10,000kms, and they have all worn down to the same depth…
UBUNTU NAS Drive
There is an old joke about a camel being a horse designed by a committee. A camel is ugly, and as well as kicking and biting, it spits. However, if you need something to carry a heavy load, across inhospitable terrain with minimum maintenance, a Camel is usually better than a horse. Linux is a…
Squirrel, and the case of the hot batteries!
In the post about our South Island road trip, I described the issue we had with the battery overheating on the last day. In summary, I charged 5 times during that day, 3 times to 95% from a quite low charge, and once to 80%. It was a very hot day, and the last leg…