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Anything electronic when travelling should be powered down, SIM removed and Faraday bagged well away from your departure airport and should only be reassembled well after arriving at your destination airport. I'd also avoid turning on and off in major hotels next to airports unless necessary or eme...

If budget eventually enables you to look at the smaller ecoflow / jackery units I've a river 2 (now superseded by the river 3... it's 256wh capacity 300w inverter 2xusb a one usbc and a 12v outlet and weighs bugger all 3.5kg according to Google Screenshot_20250120_215317_Gallery.jpg It'll run our t...

Had a wander round the garden tidying any loose bits away few more bits to shift tomorrow but the bulk is done (loose buckets and watering cans to stack / fill with water )

GillyBee wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:46 am That is a nice toy. Is it lithium cell?

Lithium iron phosphate

We are in a rented 1st floor maisonette so the amount of change we can make is very limited and things also need to take into account Mr Gillybee's decreasing health/DIY capabilities. We have a pair of 12v leisure batteries that charge from the solar in the shed. This runs an invertor which has a c...

Our setup is remarkably similar with armoured cable running through the garden section. The plan is to add solar outlets too but at present that relies on charging up batteries which are then moved where needed. If i was wiring it back to thr consumer unit I would have used swa (armoured) but this ...

Husband was another one who "found" a hole through the wall Andy . From kitchen to shed. He did the same setup but not heavy duty cable as he didn't run anything like a drier in the shed. He had a tv and fancy lighting instead :mrgreen: Did the maths for the cost it was £2 cheaper for the...

That's the garden shed finally wired to the mains ... as we are renting its powered by a heavy duty plug in the kitchen .. the previous Tennant must have had power to the old shed as I ahem found a hole through the wall ;) ;) Decent ho7rnf 1.5mm² outdoor rubber tuff flex which is used to wire site c...

I've got a few power banks but that was the chunkiest, other than my apocalypse generator :lol: I'll replace it - Anker offer Paypal Pay in Three :lol: Amazon have a few on offer https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Portable-Generator-Traveling-Emergencies/dp/B0D62P85ZR/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=1BSZX2EFKEFO2&...

Just ordered another power bank (small usb one)

£19.99 in Argos paid £40 for the same one a few years ago ...