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Necessity is the Mother of all invention. From what I understand this motor was built because we were using their indoor drape motor!
It could be a $90 mistake, or it could be genius.
Or... sit on the slideline and wonder.
(That's a speech my mother used to give me...)
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I've thought about that too. Though I barely considered a hinged door in our coop. Honestly, the slider came out of my insistence that I wanted an automatic door!
I don't see why not?! I would be concerned the tension would always be on the motor. Probably not more than when the...
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It's inside the coop. The whole operation is inside. It's on the side of a stud, with another vertical stud close. A horizontal stud crosses over the top. There is a thin piece of plywood screwed over it. I cannot actually see the motor, because it is behind the wood. It is in a framed...
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Hi Carol,
Hope I have some good info for you. I was able to read some posts yesterday at work and saw this. I have a AD20 (got it atDiscount Automation for under $90 , and a Lowes timer) for $10) and LOVE LOVE it. We already had a door, a piece of scrap metal. We, and by "we" I mean...
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Yes, it's the cheapest I found. But has anyone hooked it up to a solar panel? I already bought one from that site, figuring I'll work out the solar part after I receive it.
Thanks!
Hey gang,
Nice Thread!
So those of you that have the add a motor D20 can you tell us the DC motor...