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I replaced the burst voltage adapter with another adapter that output 5VDC
at 600mA, I think for the closing (12VDC for opening). I need to check what
the amp draw is at 5 & 12 volts on an 18VDC drill, to see what you need to
search for when going through your pile of adapters. (I keep every adapter
I find, 100 and counting to choose from). I finally noticed a chicken’s
foot step close, then back away as the door was closing in the response
video, should be up, wasn’t when I am writing.
I priced it when I picked up the broken foot massager that was tossed to
the street by some poor fellow. It was harder than a rubics cube to
disassemble, I have no idea how they got the thing together. BTW, the
brushes on the motor were the weak failure point. It has been 3 days or so,
and I am still fascinated with the door, watching it on my security camera.
I have watched this video 30 or 40 times today. I hate my own voice, so I
turn down the volume, but it amazes me.
If the two wheels were cogged it would make the door very secure! I didn’t
try it though, and I’m sure the structure would need to be more precise to
make it work. The inner tube belt slipped a little because of the small
pulley diameter, so I glued a piece 40 grit to it. I want to make the door
a little more slippery also, maybe plexiglass or sheet metal. I’m still
amazed that it works so well, that doesn’t happen often!
Thanks, I really like the use of the spinning wooden wheel. Nice job!
I finally have an automatic chicken door, thank you, and most of what I
used came from your design. I did manage to use a combination of 120vac and
12vdc. Everything was from parts scavenged from other things that were
broken for their original operations. I have yet to make a video but really
want to, and to add it as a response to this one, since they are related. I
didn’t have a rotisserie motor, but did have a broken $300 foot massager
with nice worm gears and 16 high quality bearings.
Love your design idea. I will try very similar in a 12V design with battery
and solar charging. Plan to use a relay to choose open or close modes.
Still trying to organize in my head just how I will get it done. You have
solved my biggest problem, trying to design a controller that reverses the
motor, not needed with your large wheel design. More later, thanks.
I was originally planning to make it 12 volt, but had trouble finding a 12V
sensor to determine night and day. I had though about using a small photo
cell and reed switches to trigger a homemade relay. I would like to see
what you come up with, good luck.
Slides are plentiful free, desks are put to the street all the time. The
wood of the desk too. Another source of worm gear and strong 12VDC motor,
take apart a broken childs riding car or jeep, you get two of them. I
resorted to this design because it was easier than designing a new circuit
for a 12V system, but I will keep thinking it out, or another reader will
find such a task elementary. Thank you for your ideas, bringing auto doors
to the common folk at little or no cost.
Sorry, one last thing. One of the adapters for some reason wouldn’t supply
continuious 12 Volts, but gave bursts of power once per second. I decided
this was a good thing and employed it on the closing side. So the door
opens in 10 seconds, and closes in 3 minutes, nice and slow so no squashed
chickens, something that has churned in my mind how to sense the presence
of a chicken during the closing of the door. Out for now, I’ll work on a
video.
A dusk/dawn sensor could only be used for closing the door at night. They
make small dusk/dawn units that can plug right into any lower wattage
appliance, like a lamp. I would have to use an extension cord plugged into
the socket used for the night timer, then place the sensor outside or
facing the sunrise. Another extension cord plugged into the sensor, and
then plugged into the micro switch.
The door slide sounds nice, I may have to rebuild. The worm gear should
last longer than the cheapo rotisserie motor too. You would think that it
would be easy to make it 12 volt, but somehow, it is not. I hooked mine up
to an inverter on a battery and it worked well, but I have to cut down this
miserable half dead tree before I can solar charge. Automatic stuff
relieves all kinds of pressure, isn’t it great!
What type of motor did you use? How would you wire this with a dawn/dusk
light sensor?
Yours is the best on here, thanks
Hey why use two timers?
Oh, and this is also great because the wheel is the locking mechanism, so
you don’t have to lift a heavy weight. Raccoons are very crafty and will
figure out how to open a door that isn’t secured somehow, your idea is,
IMO, best for a low budget build.
I have yet to find a sensor, that turns on when the sun rises. You could
probably make one, and I may at some point. I would love to be able to turn
on fans and water pumps at sunrise. The answer for this might be found in
solar panel sun tracking devices. It may be that they do exist and I
haven’t found them yet.
Hi guys just to say I have done something similar with a 12 volt cordless
drill and two car/bike battery chargers as the power source ,worked for
three years and only had to change one of the chargers so far , . Kev
Thanks for checking it out.
$300, damn….I’m glad you could get some more life out of it! I’m really
happy to have helped someone out. How long did you sit there and watch it
go up and down? I know I did for quite a while..and some more a little
later.
The belt works as a nice safety. I had some debris under the door
yesterday, it wouldn’t let it move into the off position, very close
though. Instead of tearing things apart, it slipped the belt.
The motor is a geared box, (rotisserie motor) used to turn chickens and
such on a propane grill. It is slow and has plenty of torque.
Same features: 2 timers, 2 microswitches (from an old vcr), wheel that
operates a sliding door (slides from broken desk). Variations: 18V Drill, 2
x AC/DC 12v adapters, worm geared wheel ( the foot massager had 2 of
these), and I installed the 2 microswitches to the framework near the metal
slides on the door. I still would like to experiment with Solar, batteries,
and 12VDC only, but now the pressure is off, the chickens are safer. My dog
baby sits them
I meant to say facing sunset, or facing north to close it a little before
sunset.
The adapter that doesn’t supply continuously is probably a charger, on a
float cycle. I was also trying to figure out a safety mechanism. Maybe
place a bumper with a switch on the bottom of the door, attached to the
close circuit, and somehow disengage it, close to the bottom. or…pressure
plates and switches on either side of the door may be easier. I will ok
your video response, Later…