Strong winds take out antenna

Stong Winds

Strong winds on the 23rd to 25th November 2012 caused mayhem across England. Many people were seriously affected by the weather.

In Surrey, these winds were not so strong until the night of the 24th into the morning of the 25th when every movable item in the garden moved, except my TV satellite dish I don't use at the moment (mounted on a bit of wood on the conservatory roof). The garden swing travelled half way across the patio and the wheelbarrow tipped over. But that's not all...

Update on charger

(and a comment on the ads)

New charger on its way!

A new charger for my SLAs has this evening been ordered on amazon.co.uk. It is an 'Automatic Sealed Lead Acid Battery Charger for 2v 6v & 12v Batteries by electrosmart®' - £15.95

How to break your charger

Setting the Scene

After completing visual checks on my two newly obtained used Yuasa NP7-12 (12v 7Ah) lead acid batteries, I decided to power my IMAX B6 (clone) charger from it. That went OK. The problem with my situation occurred a 'tad' later when I had disconnected the charger from the battery and decided to do something else.

Hello world!

My first blog post. Hello world!

Things to come:

• Arduino stuff,
• Linux stuff,
• Amateur radio stuff,
• Electronics stuff (including blowing up a charger)
• Etc...