Complicated Irreparable Gadgets

There are air fryers and there are "multi-cookers".  I like my appliances simple.

So this multi-cooker came in, it is expected to have a broken wire.  It was not obvious, it is expected to be at the hinge, but there were no charring.

The wire broke much higher than the hinge, and it has been broken overtime, the remaining wire carried more than more power, which made it extra hot and extra brittle, it was not possible to pull any wire through without fully deconstructing the top assembly.  Also the connection was both crimped soldered, and probably with high temperature solder.

Why do people think an expensive counter-top gadget is required when they have a perfectly fine fan oven is beyond me.

New Restaurant

The long anticipated Regency Palace is finally open, and we went to try.  They met expectation, there is a few flaws, but it balanced out to be pretty good.

The British Lion Mark Explained

I was at a local green grocer and saw an egg box with the codes explaination, so I took a picture for reference.  Then we went to our local shop or some eggs.  Their eggs did not have codes before, and this time they do.  I am glad can know read the codes.  And I will not be going back to the same place for their overpriced eggs.

Off Grid Solar System at Home

I have rigged up my old motorcycle battery into an off grid solar system.  It is just an elaborated power bank.  The battery is 10Ah, that means 120Wh, except being a older lead acid battery, it is probably half of that, 60Wh, when lithum power bank is supposedly 150Wh.

But this of grid system is capable to charge at 12V, where as the power bank can only do 5V devices.  I am sure it has its own purposes.

Ebay Live

I have sat through the mall auctions in the 1990s, where they are selling random stuffs auction style, including my seatbelt cover that I still use today.

They are trying to bring it back on Ebay Live.  But since they usually do it in their little shop or warehouse, without real customer in vicinity, they have less showmanship, they are quite painful to watch to be honest, it is all about shifting goods.

Cheap Portable Panel

I have bought a cheap portable solar panel, and it arrived on the cloudy days.  We finally got some sun, and it does charge devices.  Where I could get a spare battery to use it as a flow.  

I am still waiting for an adaptor to see if it can charge the portable battery.

Standby Power

The power station has been pretty good, but it is not particularly portable, but all the small ones have very small inverter, so they are just big power bank for USB outputs.