Recent content by Wolla

These must be really valuable … same as like hens teeth?

Eish, another one bites the dust. R.I.P. Arie. Pictured in the attached photo taken 6 November 2019: Guy Lerner ( @gLer ), Arie Radowsky R.I.P. ( @capetownwatches ) and Waldman Jordaan ( @Wolla ) We met at Century City and had a good chit-chat about gear and life in general. We had many...

Some specials today on OneDayOnly Ellies Trolley UPS Ellies 300W 500Wh LiFePO4 Cube Nova Power Station

Looks like I haven’t updated my RIG here since 2018, so lots have changed. I have a small stacked PC setup which might seem strange to most, but it just works so well for me. ZOTAC Silent PC with a ‘silent USB fan’ on top for just in case Below that I have an Apple Super Drive optical drive...

Eish, still miss ol' Chris, we had soo many long conversations. Thought I'll post the one picture I have of him here for posterity. (Mods, is it perhaps possible to change his profile pic too?) This was when he was on a year contract in Mali I believe. He was so excited to get a contract again...

As 'a self confessed conspiracy theorist', I would leave any AI bot well alone. :eek:

Precious Metals are a good store of value over time, so if you have access savings it may be a very good idea to have some at least. One can even bury it in safe place where the government or bankers can’t steal it. Not financial advice though, just common sense. There is around a R3000...

Small update on this matter, but very little specifics: https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/677711/the-reserve-banks-new-plan-to-secure-bank-accounts-in-south-africa/

How about Rockbox'ing it? Then you can even load .flac files, etc.

MODS: Sticky maybe? This looks like an excellent buy (less than half price) for a Pylontech Lithium Ion 3.5kW US3000 Battery. Silverton (Pretoria) area. Just note that this is NOT the newer US3000C battery, so please do your homework. Either way its a bargain IMO...

https://businesstech.co.za/news/energy/667161/tax-breaks-for-rooftop-solar-in-south-africa-come-with-a-big-catch/ Some more interesting reading that may shed more light on the current situation at ESKOM and may help people decide to bite the solar bullet or not...

Courtesy of STBB from today's National Budget: "2023 BUDGET NEWS Wednesday, 22 February 2023 The much anticipated budget speech delivered this afternoon by Finance Minister Godongwana, contained the following highlights: The transfer duty tables will change on 1 March 2023. The...

So we have upgraded further to the following: 6 x Freedom WON Batteries and 2 x Sunsynk 8.8kW hybrid inverters running in parallel. The 14 x 545W PV panels are unchanged. I really don't want to spend anymore on this and hope this is fine for our needs, even through the Cape winters. Will...

Cheaper dacs use opamps and most if not all of them are of the cheap opamp variety at various stages, which introduces a lot of bad things in my experience, noise floor or hiss just being some of the issues. I'm very sensitive to high noise floors since I live on a smallholding in the...