Category Archives: DIY

Axis 2100 Network Camera Repair

Posted by dave on April 18, 2012 No comments

I bought an Axis 2100 camera off the bay the other day, it didn’t have a power supply but was very cheap so I took a gamble with it. I bought an AD-121AD generic power adaptor from the bay too, …

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Hedgehog Camera Live Stream

Posted by dave on April 2, 2012 1 comment

Though I’d test out the live stream here and see how it goes. To see the ‘action’, you really wan’t to be here from between 10pm and 4am, GMT. The hedgehog house build guide can be found here.

Hedgys first visit of 2012

Posted by dave on March 28, 2012 1 comment

Hedgy got a little neglected last year, I didn’t put out as much food and water as I probably should have done and during my whole ‘lets save energy’ idea I had the CCTV server turned off. Anyway, it’s all …

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Home Central Heating DIY

Posted by dave on March 15, 2012 No comments

It’s cold outside and now it’s cold inside too. (At least it was at the time of initially writing this article!) Having finally worked out how our whole central heating system works, I could then work out what was wrong …

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Replacing the LCD screen on a BlackBerry 8900

Posted by dave on June 27, 2011 No comments

So today my fairy indestructible BlackBerry 8900 finally met its match when it lost a fight with a wooden floor. The LCD screen cracked giving it a lovely tie-dye effect, but this made it impossible to use. I used this …

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Project: Hide the DMA2100

Posted by dave on January 19, 2011 No comments

I recently decorated the dining room and den (a kind of brick conservatory extension on the back of the house). This room is going to be a chill out room and as always I want to keep all the wires …

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Wiring Diagram for Visonic Powermax+ and Risco Novagard6

Posted by dave on December 6, 2010 No comments

Thanks to a couple of the guys on the forums (Alarm on DIYNOT and Arfur on thesecurityinstaller) I finally have the NovaGard6 external sounder linked to the Powermax+ panel. It took a little while to get my head around it …

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Modifying a LM12 Lamp Module

Posted by dave on September 23, 2010 No comments

A lot of the lights in our house are now on motion detect, all halls, bathrooms, the kitchen, utility room and also the garage. I use the Hawkeye PIR sensors and then modified LM12′s as inline modules above the lights …

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HP L1906 LCD Monitor Repair Guide (Faulty Capacitors)

Posted by dave on September 8, 2010 4 comments

One of my users was complaining one day that her computer wouldn’t come on, the box was on but the monitor was blank. I rebooted the box and it seemed ok for a little while, then, about an hour later …

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