Arlec Single Outlet Safety Switch

Thanks to my mate Raz I now have an Arlec Single Outlet Safety Switch from Bunnings. It’s a 30mA residual-current device (RCD), which is a type of earth-leakage circuit breaker (ELCB).

Over here:

You can see my bench UPS in the bottom right:

It’s a PowerShield Defender 1200VA.

The UPS then has the Arlec device in the back of it, which then powers the rest of my bench (behind the scissors):

You can see I still have my Xbox power cable plugged in. We’re not sure exactly what that does. In addition to an electronic fuse maybe an RCD or maybe an arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) or maybe all of the above.

Toilet light cover

I had to replace the globe in the toilet light:

But when I did I managed to snap off the tabs that hold the cover on. So I glued and bolted them back on:


You can see the screws I used are way too big. I had 6mm and 18mm in inventory and had to use the 18mm ones. Realising this gap in my inventory I have just now purchased some 8mm, 10mm, and 12mm ones to flesh out my collection.

New shelving

I needed a bit of plastic of a particular size. But the company that cut to size for me demanded a minimum order. So I ended up with ten pieces of plastic:

I got some angle brackets and used three spare pieces to make some shelves. See if you can spot them all:

Hmm. Here’s one with slightly better lighting: