17 April 2021 LED Strip Ambient Up-lighting Some notes re how I have used LEDs for decorative up-lighting in between ceiling beams, and controlled with Tasmota and Node Red. Categories Home Automation/Lighting Comments: 0
11 June 2020 Secure the Chocolate: Simple Cupboard Security We have created a self contained area of our house that we still use a lot ourselves, and part of the need is to be able to store and use spaces for our own stuff… without guests having access. One of the bedrooms and a full sized cupboard can be locked with a key when needed, but what do you... Categories Home Automation/Home Renovations/Security Comments: 0
11 June 2020 Bike Cover Sail Photos of a simple cover made to protect bikes stored outside. Categories DIY Projects/Home Renovations/Photo Gallery Comments: 0
6 December 2019 Large TV Recessed Mounting This was a setup in our rumpus room to house a TV. I made the recess etc probably 8 months before I even thought about getting a TV for it, and I sort of ‘estimated’ the size I’d need. The back of the recess is 12mm MDF and it is set 100mm back from the Gib. There was heaps of room behind this wall due to how this area under the house is constructed. Using a sheet of MDF meant I didn’t need to worry about what I was going to do with a TV bracket later – it could be screwed anywhere. Categories Home Renovations Comments: 0
13 November 2019 Home Automation: Electrical Safety This is part one of some of my notes regarding Home Automation concepts. Part 2 is about planning for the future and house resale value. Electrical Isolation/Safety Electrical safety is very important obviously for home automation, and as well as my tendency to over-engineer, I’m often thinking about ‘what could possibly go wrong‘. One of the things I want to... Categories DIY Projects/Home Automation/Projects/Technology Comments: 0
8 April 2019 Whole House Audio on the Cheap You can pay thousands for Bose multiroom audio systems, or buy a huge stereo and crank it up so you can hear it throughout the place. You can also get multiple digital distribution amplifiers that run over Wifi (eg Sonos), but again they come at a huge cost. What you really want though is cheap DIY multiroom background music system.... Categories DIY Projects/Entertainment Comments: 0
19 May 2018 Tips: Get Your Cabling in Tricky Places Do you have an existing house or structure and trying to get a cable into a tricky place? Here are a few tips from methods I have used over the years. Conduit Sucker There is nothing more annoying than finding a broken cable in a conduit or pipe and having nothing to pull the replacement wire though. it is especially... Categories Home Renovations/Projects/Technology Comments: 0
