Update: if you have ac power in your coop, a more reliable method uses a solar time table switch which adjusts automatically throughout the year for daylight hours based on your location. a question that comes up a lot in my automatic chicken coop door posts is what’s the wiring diagram with a photocell? ask & ye shall receive! one thing i’ll say up front while i still have your attention. Dusk to dawn - automatic chicken coop door : now that i have retired with spare time on my hands, i thought i would tackle what has been an ongoing problem for me over the years – keeping my chooks safe at night from predators, namely foxes. seeing that they mostly attack at night, i set about…. Diy chicken coop door parts list. arduino uno (~$13)(larger version will need 2 gang electrical box minimum or arduino nano if it doesn’t work you may have just selected the wrong relay. door open/closed status – we happen to already have a smartthings home so it was easy to use a contact sensor attached to the coop door and make a rule.
Dear mike i am from australia ,i liked your chicken coop design,and i ma planing to make automatic a vertical sliding door with 12v dc motor(car power window motor) my problem is reversing the motor in evening.i beleve your relay diagram van change over the polarity.i already purchased 2 of 12v timer switches and few limit switches to control opening,(my question is which relay has to use for. It's been 2 months now and the automatic chicken coop door has been working flawlessly. the longest stretch without sunlight has been 2 days so far and the battery is large enough to still continue to work. i will add that on cloudy days the solar panel is still maintaining the battery. if anyone else has tried this, please post your experience.. When geert wanten’s wife got tired of opening up the chicken coop to let them out in the morning, he decided to automate the situation using an arduino nano.. wanten’s diy system calculates the sunup/sundown via info from a ds1307 rtc module, pulling the door up with a gearmotor and a spool of fishing line..
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