26 JUNE 2012
As part of the home solar PV and hot water project we are now using an IOIO board with an android tablet to process the sensor data and upload to our online reporting website.
The code below is used to get the sensor data...
11 JUNE 2012
The planned Arduino based Solar PV and Hot water monitoring and logging system was found to be very unstable and despite repeated attempts and several code rewrites we had to give up on the Arduino based solar logging system...
31 MAY 2012
After several problems with slate suppliers, the builder who is replacing the front roof was able to get nearly all the slates installed by yesterday and we then fitted the solar hot water panel frame and pipework onto the...
26 MAY 2012
Following from Arduino based Solar PV and Hot water monitoring and logging posts the various hardware and parts of the software have been installed into the PV control cupboard and the new logging hardware and software is...
13 MAY 2012
Following from Arduino based Solar PV and Hot water monitoring and logging post the various hardware and parts of the software have been installed, built and written.
After two busy weekends working on the project the...
13 MAY 2012
As part of the solar hot water system (view other blog posts) we have been installing onto our home we wanted to be able to keep track of the time the solar water pump is running. To monitor the pump we decided to use...
13 MAY 2012
As part of the solar hot water system (view other blog posts) we have been installing onto our home we wanted to be able to keep track of the mains electric being used by the house. Based on the open source OpenEnergyMontor...
13 MAY 2012
Next stage of the solar hot water install, fitting a new dual coil hot water cylinder.
The new cylinder was 150mm taller and 70mm wider than the old hot water cylinder which was installed before which required all the...
02 MAY 2012
Following on from my post about the Arduino based Solar PV and Hot water monitoring the solar hot water kit has arrived from Navitron.
The photos below show the initial plumbing stages for installing the system. We are...
29 APRIL 2012
We are upgrading our DIY PV off grid system with extra panels and also a solar hot water system using a kit from http://navitron.org.uk/ with a 20 tube 58mm double wall evacuated tube solar collector on the roof and a new...
18 MARCH 2012
Since my emails to and from Hotmail in the past 2 weeks regarding the block on my company's main email server, I have since found that it is being blocked by a DNSBL called ivmSIP/24 who seem to operate on a basis that if...
07 FEBRUARY 2012
BlackMagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture of Galaxy Nexus and iPad 2
While working on a new project we needed to be able to send video of the mobile apps under development to the clients online. This is to save us all having...
22 JANUARY 2012
I found a pair of new and unused half leather TDCI/ PUMA Defender heated seats on ebay which I thought would be idea for the cold winter driving in my Defender.
As I have a 1999 Defender it doesn't have any of the wiring...
04 JANUARY 2012
I thought I should post an update to the About Me page on the site which hasn't been updated for a few years. Still building websites for my main business (www.apexweb.co.uk) and out taking photos for stock and clients websites....
21 DECEMBER 2011
After getting some good photos with the new telescope kit purchased in October, we thought it would be good to be able to make use of the tracking facilities of the HEQ5 PRO mount with the normal camera and wider lenses to...
08 NOVEMBER 2011
The clutch pedal on my Defender is very heavy and causes a lot of pain with my knee problems. After seeing several recommendations for a clutch servo kit online, I ordered a Redbooster kit from www.redbooster.com who are...