I’m breaking off from watching ‘Sharknado 5: Global Swarming’ to bring you today’s update. But before I progress, I need to share a view on what is a pretty fascinating documentary. Our Hero has just landed his helicopter next to Stonehenge except it isn’t quite the Stonehenge I remember because the layout and dimensions of the standing stones are very slightly different. Miraculously, this ancient monument has somehow moved and now sits on the edge of a wood. And it’s on top of a hill. It’s amazing; all the times I’ve been down to that Wiltshire and ambled around Stonehenge, and never once have I noticed that a) it was on the edge of a wood and b) it was on an actual hill. I mean a hill, not the little mound that I thought it was on, that sits beside the A303. And that’s another thing. The A303 seems to have disappeared. This may be a good thing though. As you can tell, today’s exam revision is going very well.
Anyway, I was intrigued to read of Young Masher’s recent electrifying experiences, so thought I would share my similar. Share your similar what, I hear you ask. Well…
A couple of months ago, in what was then the encroaching dark, I got fed up with groping around trying to get the key into the appropriate hole. Keep your dirty jokes to yourselves please.
So, because I don’t want to dick around (that’s a technical term kids) with the electrics, I bought a couple of solar-powered lights. No wiring involved, see? I fitted one to the front of the house and the other above the garage door. Then I spent about 30 minutes adjusting each one because, as Masher correctly identifies, nobody likes a poorly-adjusted security light.
Fitting was a doddle; three screw-holes each. Adjusting was also straightforward; detection range and stayonable adjustment were easy. Unfortunately sensitivity is fixed not variable, so cats wandering across the path of either device get horribly electrocuted are detected and trigger the lights. And also, on foggy/cloudy days, the lamps don’t get fully charged. But that’s OK, even then they’re good until the very late early morning hours.
But they do work and I’m quite impressed with them. I’m becoming a big fan of how solar technology is improving, and I’m considering other applications of solar in my life/our lives.
Right, you’ll have to excuse me. I need to get back to the documentary. Some sharks have just eaten Tower Bridge which is a terrible shame. Probably.
That’s how you’re spending your newly-found leisure time: watching truly awful films… sorry, documentaries?
Solar has improved a lot over the years. Wouldn’t have thought it would be good enough for floodlights yet, though.
We live and learn.
No no no no! I am *revising*