I traced down the problem with the grounds I was having last night… I had mis-identified the ground wire. Therefore there was no ground connection. Simple as that. When I connected the correct wire up, it worked. I wasted so much time on that mis-wiring it is not funny. Welcome to my (engineering) world. Right now I have ignored all the handshaking signals – maybe I should now get them working too. That is the ‘Right’ way to do things.

Yesterdays expedition to The Warehouse and OfficeWorks went well. The Warehouse had an OK seat, but it was not great. Then I went to OfficeWorks next door and that was the right thing. There was a seat just inside the door that would have been fine, but then I kept looking. Within 30 seconds I found another set of chairs that were fantastic and on special. High back, well padded and fabric. All for only $99. Sold. That was TOO EASY!

Oh, assembly. Manufacturers have learnt something. Provide extra screws. Not that I needed them, but they were there. The only thing I had a problem with was not realising I needed two washers under the chair for each bolt. Without the 2nd washer the bolt just went through the hole. I just wish all construction jobs were that easy!