Ramblings
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Lighting up the wiring locker
A bit of LED strip light, IP65 rated, makes it really easy to see everything in the wiring locker without resorting to beams of light that get blocked by hands, require your third hand etc. The wiring still needs some more tidying and labeling, but it’s getting better.
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Upgrading the alternator cable
Another observation during all of this wiring work is that there was a drop in the voltage from the alternator terminal to the splitter input – up to 0.5V. A drop at the batteries is expected as the relationship between amps and volts changes during charging, but in the ~4 metres from the alternator to…
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Re-wiring the battery locker
Given the voltage drop at the water pump, the next wiring upgrade was to take the battery locker to wiring locker wire up to 16mm sq. This was completed today, and while it’s made things a bit better at the water pump, the voltage drop is still 2 volts. Along the way, the main battery…
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Taking up the laminate in the porch
Photos say it all.
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Taking up the laminate in the master bedroom
The master bedroom laminate had at least two obvious problems. By the chimney flue, the floor was flexing significantly, and by the built-in wardrobe, the floor was butted so hard to the wardrobe it was tilted upwards. My friendly builder showed up this morning, chippy in tow. Off came the skirting boards (with bare hands…
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Kitchen arrives
All of the bits for the kitchen have arrived. The electrician has the downstairs lights working too.