Electronics FAQ

Yup, like our moms, we too keep the broom behind our kitchen door. But we did one better. We installed a broom holder to make the broom bristles stay straight and last longer. Also its neat and the broom doesn't get kicked around much.  

We have a under the counter RO water purifier. Even though it smarted switches to non-RO mode when not required, the quantity of water being wasted in RO mode was still huge. It felt irresponsible letting all that water to go to waste, so I looked for a solution. We found the solution in the form of this tank that you can install over the sink. The water exiting out of the purifier can be stored in this tank and later used for washing utensils or watering plants. The tank has tap. The waste water from the purifier is under some pressure so the outlet pipe can be bought back over the counter and inserted into this tank. Once the tank is full the extra water overflows via another pipe that can be routed back into the kitchen sink. But we ran into a problem. We had install this tank in March 2023 and 6-7 months later it developed cracks. When the tank is full it weighs quite a lot and the stress on the plastic around the mount points was probably a lot so it cracked. We repaired it using...

DIY Counter example: Bought a Porto Study Table from Home Canvas Thought I would put caster wheels on it to make it easy to move around, so bought me a set of these wheels and mounted them on the table. The wheels were extremely easy to mount. But they created such jarring noises when I moved the table around, that I had to remove them   With Castor Wheel - Noisy!  Here is a video of me moving the table around without the wheels on - didn't actually take that much effort in and didn't create a ruckus. Don't know what I was thinking - there was no problem here worth solving in the first place. #DIY fail Without Castor Wheel - Not Noisy! 

Ikea TRONES used to house and hide WiFi Router

Easy and an aesthetic way to protect your plants from intense sunlight during summer - use studio flash diffusers. I am thinking, painting the "umbrellas" will be a good idea as well: Prolite White Umbrella Diffuser

 Planters in high hard to reach places for watering? Algae colonizing your garden hose? Couldn't keep you garden hose organized? Here are solutions to all three. Shower Wand (black) from Ugaoo Black pipe to block sunlight and prevent algae To keep pipe organized and to hold the wand use: Hose Pipe Holder   Mop/Broom Holder    

Want to charge your smart watch whose charging cable has a USB Type C plug from a laptop charger which also has a USB Type C plug? Use a Type C Female to Female Couple