Good afternoon all my first post,
I have done a lot with RC stuff in the way of electronics,
but i have been asked to make a Autofeed for a hay box,
so been thiking of an electro magnet that hols the lid down then with a timer it releses the lid sounds easy,
but its in a field so really only have max of a 9v battery really.
So question what sort of timer could i use its only for a once open a day the eveing the next day it will be reset for that eveing, so only need 12 hr max really but 24 could be good,
also as only 9v battery really need a way for it to not use to much power as dont want to be changing the battery every other day,
but with the electro magent holding down the lid the whole time that would use a lot of power, so may be a solinod instaed to relase a lock?
hope that makes sense and any sugestions would be very much apreciated
thanks
Mark
I have done a lot with RC stuff in the way of electronics,
but i have been asked to make a Autofeed for a hay box,
so been thiking of an electro magnet that hols the lid down then with a timer it releses the lid sounds easy,
but its in a field so really only have max of a 9v battery really.
So question what sort of timer could i use its only for a once open a day the eveing the next day it will be reset for that eveing, so only need 12 hr max really but 24 could be good,
also as only 9v battery really need a way for it to not use to much power as dont want to be changing the battery every other day,
but with the electro magent holding down the lid the whole time that would use a lot of power, so may be a solinod instaed to relase a lock?
hope that makes sense and any sugestions would be very much apreciated
thanks
Mark