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Mending Things

Roger B

Unfortunately the mending things threads tend to get time locked. The last one is here:

https://engx.theiet.org/f/discussions/29823/repairing-things

This time the seal on our oven door broke, right at the corner where the metal fixing hook is.

 

I made a reinforcing piece from 0.9mm galvanized armour wire, the same as used in the previous thread, and fixed it in place with superglue.

 

Not very elegant but put the cooker back in use without waiting for a replacement seal.

 

I find these little engineering solutions interesting, I enjoyed this brief thread on solar battery chargers:

 12V solar charger battery drain - why don't they have cutouts to prevent this? 

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  • Roger B said:

    I find these little engineering solutions interesting, I enjoyed this brief thread on solar battery chargers:

     12V solar charger battery drain - why don't they have cutouts to prevent this? 

    Glad you liked it, I was very chuffed over the weekend that the little (20W) solar panel gave enough power to run the fridge down to 4C and charge the battery at the same time! (Not just instantaneously, but also averaged over the main daylight hours.) I do find it amusing that the battery and fridge are both Bluetooth enabled, but it did mean I was able to spend far too much time seeing that I was getting net power gain. The little relay (see thread) works a treat.

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  • Roger B said:

    I find these little engineering solutions interesting, I enjoyed this brief thread on solar battery chargers:

     12V solar charger battery drain - why don't they have cutouts to prevent this? 

    Glad you liked it, I was very chuffed over the weekend that the little (20W) solar panel gave enough power to run the fridge down to 4C and charge the battery at the same time! (Not just instantaneously, but also averaged over the main daylight hours.) I do find it amusing that the battery and fridge are both Bluetooth enabled, but it did mean I was able to spend far too much time seeing that I was getting net power gain. The little relay (see thread) works a treat.

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