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Month: February 2022

BlitzWolf® BW-OLT6 4-Heads Solar Sensor Wall Light 

February 21, 2022February 24, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on BlitzWolf® BW-OLT6 4-Heads Solar Sensor Wall Light 

Why do I keep buying solar lights? after many years in denial, I’ve finally admitted to myself that while cheap solar lights work just fine in dry, sunny Spain, back here in rural Northeast England they are a complete waste of time. (a) there isn’t enough sunshine and (b) there…

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Blitzwolf BW-GS3 Stereo Sound Bar + RGB

February 18, 2022February 22, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral

It’s a bit sad when I get excited mainly because something turns up quickly – but recently Amazon has been either out of stock of things I want, or delayed and/or more expensive than normal… and of course, AliExpress goods have recently been on unfeasibly long lead times to the…

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Ravpower PD Pioneer 65W 2-Port Wall Charger

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral

Not sure what happened here – back on May 4, 2020 I wrote about a Ravpower charger and somehow ended up with the info on the RP-PC133 – correct for the white charger you see below… but somehow I missed the stunningly good RP-PC136 which is the BLACK unit in…

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SHELLY EM Contactor Power Control with Dual Power Metering

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on SHELLY EM Contactor Power Control with Dual Power Metering

I recently took posession of a Shelly EM device and a pair of Shelly EM accessories – i.e. split core current transformers. The EM product is straight-forward enough – 2 pairs of polarised inputs from the transformers, live and neutral input – and an output (which I’ve not yet used).…

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The Downright Amazing Aufero Laser 2 Engraver

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral
Aufero Laser 2

Here it is, out of the box, shiny plastic bags removed but initially unassembled – the latest from Ortur – my new favourite laser engraver company (since I got the LM2 Pro) I have no doubt that some regular readers have had enough of me rabbiting on about my Aufero…

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Ortur Y-Axis Rotary Roller YRR 2.0 – in SPADES

February 3, 2022February 4, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on Ortur Y-Axis Rotary Roller YRR 2.0 – in SPADES

Well, I wasn’t expecting THIS start to February 2022 – I just opened the post and not one but TWO rotary roller kits. I have the Aufero Laser 1 Engraver here and I’m frantically making wooden door signs for our cottage – covered elsewhere – not to mention the Ortur…

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Wireless Video Camera Doorbell with APP Revisited

February 1, 2022February 5, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral61 Comments on Wireless Video Camera Doorbell with APP Revisited
Doorbell

Note: There is now far more in here than just a camera review – read on: Here’s a or to give it the full title from the Banggood website: “Wireless Camera Video Doorbell Home Security WiFi Smartphone Remote Video Rainproof”. I love it. Late in 2019 I received this wireless…

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