Recent content by Denwood

The NASA heat map has the fire literally blowing by, maybe 500 feet away. It will be a small miracle if it does not burn…

A LOT of NW Ontario is on fire :-( Last night the camp site area directly beside our area (as in 300 meters away) burnt to the ground. Red circle is home (ash falling from the sky) and the arrow is the fire. It's not looking good for Cushing Lake. Taken by someone on the lake last night...

It was really easy to do using the ESPHome add in for Home Assistant. I’ll do up a quick vid. ESPHome cooks up firmware for the ESP32 board which is programmed via USB. Then it connects to WIFI and you’re good to go.

The filter system is proving super effective as we are seeing literal fire smoke and ash falling today. Combined with 38C temps, it’s looking honestly apocalyptic outside … Inside, zero smoke smell and PM2.5s are pretty low too. And new for this year, electronic differential pressure...

I'm rather stoked. Using Home Assistant with the free ESPHome addon, I was able to program this $5 ESP32 board to host this $25 A02YYUW sensor (Waterproof Ultrasonic Sensor for Arduino / ESP32 / Home Assistant ). Why you may ask? This will solve a constant pain for me. My daughter often uses...

We did not have the pool up last year but set it up this weekend, just in time for today's 36C craziness. That's roasting hot for us. Fortunately everything just worked including the mod’d rooftop solar temp (old Smarthings part) sensor with a 5V solar panel and two AA rechargables. It’s...

We did not have the pool up last year but set it up this weekend, just in time for today's 36C craziness. That's roasting hot for us. Fortunately everything just worked including the mod’d rooftop solar temp (old Smarthings part) sensor with a 5V solar panel and two AA rechargables. It’s...

Ok, excellent feedback…my wife wasn’t feeling that track either….

Entire tree..two pretty massive trunks. They methodically removed the upper sections then grabbed the remaining trunk, and hoisted it directly up after one of the guys chainsaws the base.

Sorry Drives..it’s an unlisted video so you need to use the link in the post. I will have the full version up when done and it will be public. I saw the machine at the local garden show and immediately saw it as a very slick solution to remove a difficult tree in our forested lot without even...

I figure any above ground pool is pretty much just a bag of water..ha. Had the Hobie 18 out last weekend...amazing weather! We also managed about 30km last week on the MTB trails...good times. I had these guys over last week to remove a Manitoba Maple tree which had a partially rotting...

Nothing like ditching camp for the weekend to …work at home. My dual compressor setup was moved out to this shed about a decade ago and have been going strong since, even at -35C temps. The secret is synthetic 10W30 (Mobil 1 in this case) in the crankcases. These were long overdue for an oil...

2018 LEAF (Red) Service - Cabin Air Filter Replaced 2018 LEAF (Grey) Service - Cabin Air Filter Replaced 2014 Highlander Service - 162453 kms - New Bosch front pads and AutoLogix Coated rotors. - Carriers sand blasted and pins serviced. - Oil and filter change - 0W-20 Mobil 1 - Engine Intake...

Funny thing..your basement home theatre switch setup is virtually identical to mine :-) With my setup, I put in a aeotec micro relay in the box, so the manual switch works, but I can override it with the automation. One thing that HUE got 100% solid is the fact that even if the lights are...

Finally got around to testing out the new tabless 4.0AH Ridgid EXP battery on the 1/2" ($99) impact. Impressive!