A lunchbox, my kingom for a lunchbox: hacks for bushwiring
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Nov 23 2008 | By: Seamus
Duct tape and a decent sized panga (machete) are my friends. I never leave home without them. When I’m at home however I have access to more creative solutions. Recently I needed to lay some wiring to Bill’s shack. It had no floor to speak of at the time, nor any place inside that one might refer to as weatherproof. A bit of high temp silicon that was destined for some critical automotive purpose, a lunchbox and the best breaker switch I could find in Nairobi come together for this hack: a water, dust and rodent resistant subterranean cutoff switch for Bill. the lid fits snugly on top.
And in case you weren’t reading when I mentioned where our power comes from, here’s a reminder of what our solar panels looks like. Our office is in the background.
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6 Responses to “A lunchbox, my kingom for a lunchbox: hacks for bushwiring”
paula, on 24 Nov 2008
Seamus this is very innovative and cool! Can I put this post on afrigadget.com we are always looking for inventions, innovations, reworking of everyday objects and anything that attracts interest. You may have seen other innovations out there in the bush that might be of interest too..if you have more photos, or a video of this gadget that would also be useful. Course there’s no money in it but Afrigadget has the potential to draw a new audience to this blog…
Seamus, on 24 Nov 2008
Paula - You’re welcome to re-post. I don’t think its quite up to afrigadget standards of innovation and uniqueness though.
S.
kd, on 24 Nov 2008
Loved it, especially the Darwin Award mention! All those hours as a lightie at uncle D’s side whilst he fiddled with electronic parts and pieces paid off huh? Bet you have a few waMerikan readers panicked “But it’s not to code. It’s not to code! How can you!”
Wim, on 24 Nov 2008
As someone who once paid an electrician quite a large amount of money to demonstrate that flicking the “on” switch would solve my lack of central heating, I am somewhat in awe.
Seamus, on 24 Nov 2008
…probably best not to be in awe, considering how many times I’ve electrocuted myself in my life.
Your defence (of your electrical competency) might be a paraphrase of that Einstein quote…. something about knowing which questions to ask, being more important sometimes than the solution itself.
Wim, on 25 Nov 2008
Very generous of you Seamus but no, my defence is usually “let them eat cake”.
Sometimes I’m guilty as charged so condemn me to the chair (just don’t expect me to know how to work it).
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