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Controlling a Bluetooth Diesel Heater with Home Assistant / ESP32

James1 week ago1 week ago020 mins

Ive had a Chinese Diesel Heater in my conservatory for a couple of years now and generally, I’m pretty pleased with it. Ive also recently been playing around with Home Assistant for various home automations / easy control of our air con. As autumn is setting in and I fired up the heater, it came to mind, could Home Assistant control the heater? And, as it turns out, it gives you quite a bit more control than the supplied controller.

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HiSense HV Dishwasher F54 Error / Leak + Fix (HV693C60UK)

James5 months ago5 months ago05 mins

If you have a HV Series dishwasher or probably any Hisense dishwasher with the fault code F54, I bring help.

Ours is a HiSense HV693C60UK dishwasher to be specific and never had an issue until now. Turns out it was an incredibly easy fix, all be it a right ball ache to find out exactly what was causing it for us.

Fault code F54 means that water has entered the lower tray / housing and pushed the float up to set off the water sensor. When this happens the pump automatically runs to clear any water from inside the washer. You just need to work out why.

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3d Print File – CDH Inlet 75mm Ducting Adaptor (5KW)

James1 year ago1 week ago12 mins

Edit, V2 now below as well. Here’s a 3d print file I drew up for an inlet adapter for 5kw (2kw – 8kw) Diesel Heater units. This allows connecting of 75mm Ducting (normally supplied for outlet only) to the inlet side of the heater unit without removing the inlet screw cap. The inlet screw cap…

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Chinese Diesel Heaters – Spare Parts / Accessories

James1 year ago1 week ago29 mins

As there is always improvements to be made, after all, they are copies, here is a guide to everything from spare parts, to accessories. UK Based sellers for quickest delivery.

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Dyson Fan HP10 – Disassembly / Assembly

James2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

You know when it says attach the freestanding units/bookshelfs etc to the wall and you never do it? Well now there’s little people about, it’s a necessity. Especially when theres a fan on top… Not to sure how I contained my excitement as our almost £400 fan came tumbling down on top of our two…

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Chinese Diesel Heating – For A Conservatory

James2 years ago1 week ago215 mins

These heaters are everywhere it seems. Vans, lorries, sheds, garages, mobile homes, static caravans conservatories, boats even houses – if you need to heat it, you can probably do it with one.

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Chinese Diesel Heater Fuel Consumption & Cost Calculator

James2 years ago1 week ago21 mins

Here’s a handy calculator;
To work this out, we need to know pump dose amount and

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HIKVision IP Camera Stuck On Black / White (Night Mode) – Fixed

James4 years ago6 months ago05 mins

This camera in question (HIKVision DS-2CD2T42WD-I5) had been listed as a spares repairs camera – only works in black and white. My first thought was that probably an issue with the light sensor so put an eBay offer in on the listing and it was accepted. This post will give an insight to how i…

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Food Delivered, In A Box?

James8 years ago6 years ago05 mins

When my better, cleverer half said that we are getting a ‘Gousto’ box, quite frankly I had no idea what she was talking about. Heres a Gousto review.

Fast forward a little and I was fully aware that we was getting food, in a box, delivered to our house. Set meals, ready to cook. My initial thought was…

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