What do I need (relays? gears?) to have a small electric motor turn on
via a timer, run for the few seconds needed to raise a small (10 x 14
inch) piece of wood via string and pulley (door to a chicken coop),
turn itself off, then turn on again via timer hours later and run in
the opposite direction to lower (close) the door and turn itself off
until it's time to tbe turned on again? This seems to be on the
principle of a garage door opener, only smaller and opening/closing on
a timer switch instead of a push-button or transmitted signal, right?
Are there systems like this already in existence?

Thanks.

Lynn Willis
Indianapolis

On 2005-10-23, wrote:

What do I need (relays? gears?) to have a small electric motor turn on
via a timer, run for the few seconds needed to raise a small (10 x 14
inch) piece of wood via string and pulley (door to a chicken coop),
turn itself off, then turn on again via timer hours later and run in
the opposite direction to lower (close) the door and turn itself off
until it's time to tbe turned on again?

first off you'll need a timer to control run it, a power source for the
motor, a couple of relays to control the direction the motor runs in and
pulleys string and other hardware.

This seems to be on the
principle of a garage door opener, only smaller and opening/closing on
a timer switch instead of a push-button or transmitted signal, right?
Are there systems like this already in existence?

I don't know of any.

a used electric car window mechanism might be a good starting point for a
home-made system.

Bye.
Jasen

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:37:06 +1300, Jasen Betts
wrote:

On 2005-10-23, wrote:

What do I need (relays? gears?) to have a small electric motor turn on
via a timer, run for the few seconds needed to raise a small (10 x 14
inch) piece of wood via string and pulley (door to a chicken coop),
turn itself off, then turn on again via timer hours later and run in
the opposite direction to lower (close) the door and turn itself off
until it's time to tbe turned on again?

first off you'll need a timer to control run it, a power source for the
motor, a couple of relays to control the direction the motor runs in and
pulleys string and other hardware.

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No end-of-travel sensors or is that what you meant by "other
hardware"?
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This seems to be on the
principle of a garage door opener, only smaller and opening/closing on
a timer switch instead of a push-button or transmitted signal, right?
Are there systems like this already in existence?

I don't know of any.

a used electric car window mechanism might be a good starting point for a
home-made system.

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And with all that "information" he's better off than he was before?

--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer

John Fields wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:37:06 +1300, Jasen Betts
wrote:
On 2005-10-23, wrote:

What do I need (relays? gears?) to have a small electric motor turn on
via a timer, run for the few seconds needed to raise a small (10 x 14
inch) piece of wood via string and pulley (door to a chicken coop),
turn itself off, then turn on again via timer hours later and run in
the opposite direction to lower (close) the door and turn itself off
until it's time to tbe turned on again?


No end-of-travel sensors or is that what you meant by "other
hardware"?

cant help wondering if he was thinking the chickens would do that :/
Seriously, one would need strip sensors rather than just microwitches,
since one has to sense chickens as well as open/closed positions.

What strikes me though is I cant think what use this automated hatch
would be if you dont know which side the chickens will be on when it
closes. Even if you mounted a timed firework display to get them to go
in, theyd soon get used to it.


NT