ValentinJ2

Great instructable! I love this sugar shack tradition that you have in Quebec.I see that you evacuate the steam through the chimney, but what about the smoke (I assume you heat maple water with a wood fire).Also, I would expect to see cracks appearing in the concrete slab, due to the difference in temperature between the outside and the chimney, but I might be wrong. Let us know how it turns out.

Thanks, it's very clear. I am looking forward to your next instructable.

Thanks for your comment. You are absolutely correct, it would be safer to use end grain on the short sides, and it would probably look better. I did not think of that when I built it. Thanks for the advice

Thanks for your comment. That's right, the sides are only glued. If the joint is properly glued and clamped, it is very strong, and will break after the wood itself!

Great instructable! Very instructive, well explained and complete! You've got my vote

Great project! I love the idea and I love the cartoon in the beginning. One question though regarding the IR: if the transmitter is on the rotating wheel, aren't the wires going to be tangled after a few turns? Have you considered the idea of having the transmitter and the receiver stationary, and just cutting the IR by an opaque tab placed under the rotating wheel?

Cool project! If your arduino can connect to internet, you don't even need the alarm clock. You can use an app like Blynk to have your output koffie turn on at a given time. every morning.

agreed

your diagram in step 4 shows that the switch short circuits the plug. If someone follows your diagram, it's a fire guaranteed, whether or not there is a pvc sheet.

Awesome project! Great setup, love the idea

No, I don't have any knowledge of flash radio trigger. But what I would do is to let the camera handle the flash trigger. I would try to avoid triggering the flash separately from the camera, otherwise you need to make sure the flash turns on and off exactely at the right time.Good luck!

Hello,I don't know much about the BP5037B12 but it looks like it should work. Just don't forget to update the pcb since the pitch is not the same. Or the hlk-pm12 is ok too.The LD1117V33 can take up to 15V dc and convert it to 3.3V dc so you're fine with this.Best of luck, and please keep me updated about the result.

Great project! I have 2 questions for you:How did you know the balloon landed on Palomar mountain?And do you need some kind of permission to launch a balloon this high?

Thank you so much for your comment.I was not sure if a breadboard could be used with voltage as high as 230V.Using the 2nd output of the Esp for another relay is possible and is a good idea.I thought about using a battery to supply 5V, but I didn't see the utility: the 5V can be supplied by the ac/dc converter, and the 5V will continue to be supplied until there is a power failure. And if there is a power failure, I'm not going to be able to turn my light on anyway, so I don't care if I cannot control my board.Yes the software was made for time delay. The rtc is provided by the blynk server, and the time information is sent from the app to the board through virtual pin v3.Best,

Hi,This is an interesting question, I think it has been discussed on the esp8266.com forum: http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?p=1551Best,

I'm glad you asked that. The reason I did this project is because none of my lights are connected to a wall switch.Using the phone to turn them on/off is temporary, I plan to make a few portable switch, connected to a battery to control them all. But this will be another project that I will publish.Thank you for your interest,

Thank you for your comment. I didn't know about transients. Do you think that this protection might already be included in the relay board?Best,

Thank you for your suggestions.With this project, if you need to add a wifi SSID and pass, you need to open it, take the ESP off, reprogram it, and put it back. Feeding the wifi through the app would be really convenient.Adding a button would also be interesting, in case you don't want to take your phone out of your pocket. And it's possible to use the GPIO0.Thanks for your interest in this project!