Fresh Stuff Occasionally
I recently had a 5kW solar array installed and it came with a Growatt 5000MTL inverter. This inverter is installed in my garage and comes with RS232 and RS485 ports for monitoring. I wanted to connect to PVOutput.org to publish my system’s production. I found a Python script that could do the job on sisand.dk but it needed…
I have built a new OS image for the weather station Raspberry Pi and reinstalled WView, so the weather pages are back up. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to recover the new HTML template I made, so it is back to the standard page for the moment, until I can recreate it. *NOTE TO SELF* –…
Last week I migrated to a different server at my hosting provider in order to get access to some additional features. Unfortunately this had a serious impact on the performance of this site. After talking to GoDaddy support last night they were able to migrate me again, but this time to a newer hosting farm…
I have installed a weather station so that we can see exactly how cold it is (also to keep track of the all-important rainfall which fills our tank). Of course I had to connect it to the Internet. This means I can share this very interesting information with all of you. You can get access…
Today we had some nice weather and I had an opportunity to get down to the house with the camera and take a few new shots. Ceilings have been painted and the undercoat is on. The next week will see the painting continue and then we should see the floor installed. The kitchen people are…
The power pole has been installed – The electricians should be coming back next week to connect the small pole to the big pole!
We were down at the block this morning, so I made a quick photosynth of our block. The sun wasn’t in the best position, and some of the sky is missing, but it still gives you an idea of the surroundings. I will make a better one when I get a chance.
I spotted this in the yard at the mower dealer in Lithgow. We had a chat to the guy who runs the place who told us he had it on consignment for a customer who wanted to trade-up and it was for sale at the right price. A quick phone call to the customer and…
We went down to our block for a look around yesterday. We took our two girls, plus our two dogs, plus my mother-in-law Anne with her two dogs and on the way we collected Mel (our neighbour to be), her dog and her three children. There were dogs and children running everywhere. This is the…
They do things a bit more slowly in the Blue Mountains. We exchanged contracts on our land before Christmas, but by mid January the sold sticker still hadn’t been put up. The property is a 15-20 minute drive from the Real Estate office and the land is at the end of a 2km road, so…