fisher n paykel drain pump burning smell

Few days ago, i discovered that whenever i wash my clothes, there is this burning smell from the washing machine. Besides the burning smell, the water draining also seems like not working 100%. So i spent some time searching for answer and came across this post last week. To see whether my drain pump is the problem, i decided to figure out this today.

First thing i need to do is to tilt the washing machine so that the under site is exposed. The drain pump is easy to identified as there is a black fan on it. Before take out the drain pump, unplug wires that connected to it. As you can see on the photo below, there is a plastic latch, i just hold it, turn anti clockwise (need some force) and the drain pump is out. Luckily i prepare some towels as some water flow out from it.



Inspecting the drain pump, immediately i spotted something, a rubber band entangle on it!

I took out the rubber band and did some cleaning to the drain pump and put it back and it seems like the burning smell is not that strong, probably have to monitor for few more times. But one thing for sure, next time when i do my washing, i will make sure no more rubber band in any of my clothes.

Olympus Third Party Battery - BLS-1

Purchased this additional battery from Ebay and as it is very cheap, only USD 5.18 including shipping. However, maybe because it is cheap, i actually waited 1 and the half month before i received this item in my mailbox.

Overall the battery is usable. It can be charged using original charger but it seems like the indicator cannot tell when the battery is fully charge as it always shows fully charge after less than 1 hour. As such, i always let it charge much longer. As whether can take more photos, i never take the exact count but i feel like is comparable to the original battery.

Another problem of this third party battery is the size. It is a bit bigger compare to original battery. As such, the first time i try on my camera, the battery actually stuck in the battery compartment, the spring is just not strong enough to eject the battery out. Because of this, i use pen knife to make the battery smaller a bit. It is really ugly but it works. Now the battery can b ejected out without any problem.

Apple Leather Care Kit and Apple Garde

Opened my mailbox today and surprise to see this shipment. The delivery is by USPS First Class Mail International and i had read some review on lengthy delivery, so to receive this item within 2 weeks is quite unexpected. :)

The total cost for this purchase from Ebay is as shown below, so even the shipping fee is USD 17.88 (includes USD 2 insurance), the total cost for this purchase is still only around 44 SGD. :)

The package is using bubble wrap envelope

Apple Leather Care Kit and Apple Garde

Apple Leather Care Kit with shine cloth

Olympus VF-2

Got this VF-2 during Good Friday promotion. The price is USD 169 and with shipping cost of USD 12.56, the price in SGD is around 222.

Another good thing about this purchase is Olympus provide worldwide warranty. :)

VF-2 box

VF-2 with case, manual and worldwide warranty card

comGateway Olympus VF-2

This is my second purchase using comGateway. Again with express shipping, the delivery is fast.

The cost for the delivery is as shown below, with DBS/POSB* credit card, you get 10% discount and free upgrade to express shipping.

*promotion valid until 31 December 2012 as time time of this writing

The package sent out from US retailer (Adorama) is in envelope form, so although is bubble wrap envelope, the product packaging is dented. But is not a big deal as the product packaging still manage to protect the main item :).

The tracking from DHL, express shipping is good. :)

Adorama UPS Innovation Service

First time using, took around 6 days.

E-PL1 with Panasonic 45-175, double image issue?

After reading this article (Micro 4/3 shutter shock revisited OMD-EM-5), i also conducted some simple test using E-PL1 with the Panasonic 45-175mm lens. The cropped photo below shows clearly the double image issue when shutter speed is 1/200.

By setting the anti-shock (1/8), it can be seen that the double image is no longer exist for the same shutter speed.

Seems like this is the work around that i have to use when using this lens.