Month: January 2013

  • Sweeping Car Snow Away Using A Hand Brush

    Sweeping Car Snow Away Using A Hand Brush

    Introduction It’s a nuisance if you get caught out in winter weather without an easy way of sweeping snow away from your car. You might be smartly dressed and have to hurry to your next appointment. So you need to be prepared with a procedure that works and keeps you clean. The scenario when you…

  • How Many Parts Make A Shower Head?

    How Many Parts Make A Shower Head?

    How Many Parts? You may be surprised to learn that the shower head that came with my Mira Sport Thermostatic Shower is made from 22 separate parts. If you count them in the featured image above you will see 21 but take note that the main body of the shower head, on the right, is made…

  • Keeping Birds Off TV Aerials

    Keeping Birds Off TV Aerials

    Introduction In my previous post “Freeview Aerial Direction” you may have noticed something unusual about my Yagi TV antenna/aerial. Yes, amongst the array of directors in front of the dipole and on the reflector at the back there are some Zip Ties (Cable Ties – often used for anchoring a cable to something else). In this…

  • Terrestrial Freeview TV Aerial Direction

    Terrestrial Freeview TV Aerial Direction

    Introduction In November 2012 I had my terrestrial TV aerial relocated to another corner of my chimney stack so that it doesn’t overhang my solar panels. Birds were perching on it and making a mess on them. Consequently I needed to check my TV aerial direction to be sure it points to the transmitter. The aerial engineer (Martin…