Recent content by hllns

The weak point of a lot of plugs is them cracking and falling apart when they're hit against various surfaces, this is normally the bit they're mitigating or referring to when they say "heavy duty"

Wonder if you just have so much voltage loss over the whole setup that the current draw is a lot higher, try it on power usage meter that shows consumption and voltage at the van end.

If he's not charging much and it can be done neatly do it, you can use it to feed a Wifi unit in the loft rather than having it rely on wireless back to the router which can be more reliable

Powerline adapters work (well) in some houses but not in others from having used them in various places, buy them from somewhere with a decent returns policy and return them if they don't work for you. If your provider provides a mesh wifi setup or if you buy mesh wifi you can (usually) also...

Alas If that were always so, the hex head on my saddle mount is mostly obscured by the saddle so with a "traditional" allen key you can only turn a tiny bit at a time as the saddle is fouling it whereas with the long shaft on the T handle one it's a piece of cake.

For the odd 7mm you may be better off just buying that one separately rather than hunting round for a set

Got a decent Wiha T handle set years ago for bike maintenance but these are now not cheap.

Potholes are a sign of failure, backlog stands at £16.3 billion (https://www.asphaltuk.org/alarm-survey-page/), trying to patch up bits of the failure isn't a long-term plan. Quote from their report "We are in a state of managed decline, and we all know that throwing money at patching and...

I'd disagree, you shouldn't have to touch any YAML if you're using mainstream plugins. The only bit I've had to touch is for an ESPHome ESP device with a current sensor hanging off it which is at the fringes of most people's usage.

Right, I meant the data from the inverter/battery system, the summary graph will show a small amount but it looks like you can inspect and export out the individual elements.

To work properly it has to monitor import/export which should give you more data. Is there no data in the interface such as on page 6 of this: https://irp.cdn-website.com/8cc12b47/files/uploaded/Lux%20Power%20Monitor%20SystemUser%20Interface.pdf

Yes, I've used it loads, it has lots of plugins supporting all manner of the weird and wonderful from the cheap and cheerful to mainstream stuff. I only have some ZigBee sensors and sockets and a few Wi-Fi mains relays and some control of my heating. It's Linux based but the install images hide...

Reterminating the connector on the cable is the cleanest option all day long.

Well, it's Cisco, when you're the one producing Ethernet hammers everything looks like a nail. The newest switches for our our latest install support the latest IEEE PoE standard (802.3bt) which is 90w over 4 pairs, the switch has two power supplies for a total PoE budget of 2200W according to...

And measure how much current it needs rather than the plated value, 6.6A is a substantial draw if it's doing it continuously from a battery but I bet it's not