I
recently replaced a rather rough bush toilet with this simple
home-made composting loo. While only intended for low volume use
it's just the thing for a week-ender for one or two people.
With
the Australian winter now apon us I was in need of a heater for my
room at Nimbin. I have a pot
bellied stove in my suburban house but wanted something smaller
(and cheaper) to heat just one room.
I've
made myself a chain-saw mill by making a thingamedo that slides
along an aluminium ladder. My design clamps both ends of the chain
bar and doesn't require the log to be raised off the ground. It's
also very light and could be carried to the log I'm milling.
This
page is about using water storage in pipes to improved the
performance of a rainwater tank system which uses solar power for
improving supply pressure. Relating to this is a bit about load
leveling to reduce presure drop over long runs of thin pipe.
A bit about the remote area power system which I setup at Nimbin. It has 125 Watts of photo-voltaics, some big lead acid batteries and a square wave 12/240 volt inverter.
Composting loo fan
controller.
A
controller to prevent the fan running the battery flat, uses a PIR
detector to turn the fan on when the room is occupied.
MIG stuff
I
bought a 1/2 share in a MIG, read all about it.
PIR to IR
remote control.
How
I programmed a AVR AT90S1200 to send IR remote controller
codes to my Panasonic VCR.
IR-CCTV A low cost video camera and IR light source.
Vacuum resin infusion for small projects.