TIME OUT !!!Today is a good day... finally replaced the tired thermostat in my fridge.. with that Ranko VT9 compatible thermostat... involved some hacksaw lots of cursing and still doesn't fit well at all but... it works. Daddy even gave me a replacement light bulb (the old one died when I removed the old thermostat, " of course "...), and wow how modern, it's an LED bulb... an LED bulb in my 30+ year old fridge, how anachronistic... not sure if I like it or hate it. From an ecological perspective it's most definitely nonsensical but...it's a "cool"/white light which I find quite fitting in a fridge, so from a purely egotistic selfish point of view, I will say that I like it.
Anyway, that means I can relieve my home made FridgeTimer (tm) from its duties ! Time flies, and it's been running for over 3 weeks now !!
Never missed a beat, super reliable ! I definitely have to add that to my R&D portfolio, will help finding a job !
I can now reclaim the proto board and 4060 CMOS chip and 2N2222A that were on it. I socketed them so why not.
Can reclaim the mains relay as well, and mains sealed/water proof power socket as well, expensive that one.
Also today, how fitting, I got a packet from daddy.... he sent me an old mechanical timer ! Might be useful for something else one day. 45+ years old probably, so pardon the yellowed plastic
That's all for now, you shall now resume your normal activities.