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    

A  Jugaad  proper solution for redirecting water dripping from AC's outdoor unit away from your clothes    AC Drain Tray Magnetic Attachment for Badges Loctite Epoxy Plastics Bonders 1/2" inch CPVC pipe & 2 135 degree joints from local H/W shop Aluminum Hanger  Use Loctite plastics bonder to stick the badge magnet directly to drip tray. Leave out the adhesive metal sticker parts - those aren't needed. Using magnets this way makes the tray detachable leaving the AC ODU unharmed. Attach the and position the drip tray properly over the point from where the water is dripping. Then attach the CPVC joints and pipe to divert the water away from where you don't want it to drip. Use aluminum hanger to anchor the pipe. Spray paint the pipe if you want. Use 3M Scotch Extreme Double Sided Tape between outside wall of the drip outlet and the inside the wall of CPVC angle to stick them together

Dayumm, this Roff Cera Clean thing actually works! https://amzn.to/3xAzpUc   A little light wiping/scrubbing was needed using a duster Before   After

Tired of off the shelf phone holders because: They don't stay stuck in place Cause the phone to overheat under direct sunlight Block your view (attach to windscreen) Damage your vent louvers? Try this DIY instead! Get yourself some GoPro Action Camera accessories and assemble this contraption. In my case lucked out because I had an empty single DIN slot under the deck. The contraption may generate an irritating noise as the car vibrates during driving. In that case put a blob of black silicone where the contraption touches the frame. Parts for building this in India: Phone Holder Helmet Mount and Pivots

Stickers for your switch board Buy those in India: https://amzn.to/3yBn2XO    

If you are into plogging, and use a grabber stick to pick up trash without bending down,try this. Get a guitar band and attach it to a Magnetic knife rack from Ikea. You can then carry the grabber tool like a sword on your back.   Links to get these in India. Grabber Tool from Mr. DIY India   Guitar Band Ikea HULTARP Magnetic knife rack

Bought a Motorola MA1 from USA to add wireless capability to the existing Android Auto (wired) feature in our Hyundai Alcazar. Did not like the way the dongle kept dangling and coming in the way when stashing the phone under the console for wireless charging.  So bought a right angled USB connector from Amazon and some 3M Double Sided Tape and stashed it out of the way.