Author: spafrost

2016 Citroen C4 Cactus – High Level Brake Light

Now the much more important task of repairing the reverse camera was complete, I turned my attention to the high level rear brake light. I firmly believe more brake lights can’t be a bad thing, and I am sure the UK VOSA agrees. The light was simply not working, and the lens appears cracked. To […]

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2016 Citroen C4 Cactus – Reversing Camera Repair

We recently bought a second hand 2016 Citroen C4 Cactus Flair Edition, but like all second hand cars, it has a few minor faults. One of these was that the reverse camera did not work, with the car instead displaying a full screen version of the reverse sensor infographic, but otherwise no error. The camera […]

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Swollen Li-Ion Battery in Ubiquiti Unifi Cloud Key Gen 2+

If your Cloud Key doesn’t gracefully shut down anymore, the Li-Ion battery inside may be swollen like mine was.  Let me preface this. I love my UniFi gear, its been reliable and easy to use and I would buy it again – I have recommended similar to friends and family. This could just be an […]

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NodeMCU (ESP8266) IO Pin State During DeepSleep() Going High, Low or Inbetween

Not a long post, but something I found little reference to. I have been working on a project that uses the NodeMCU v1 board to drive a couple of transistor based outputs. The project uses a battery, so I was keen to keep the module in DeepSleep() for as long as possible. It turns out […]

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