{"id":14157,"date":"2022-02-04T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T08:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=14157"},"modified":"2022-03-31T10:36:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T09:36:04","slug":"blogathon-04-22-most-illuminating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=14157","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 04\/22: Most illuminating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I was intrigued to read of Young Masher’s recent electrifying experiences<\/a>, so thought I would share my similar. Share your similar what, I hear you ask. Well…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/s> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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