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The battery tender solar controller does have a blocking diode.. I emailed support and they confirmed...

Yeah as cheap as copper is even my 175 run may be in the works before winter.. Live in NC so we do get freezing temps.. But solar is just so cool and nerdy lol

Sighhhh. I guess I should have done more research.. Dead battery this morning and door only opened about 2 inches. I have a 10 watt solar panel that according to the specs puts out .6 amps in optimal conditions. I have it going through a battery tender. Hooked up to the battery is the 12"...

Yuppers. Combo of ground I missed then timer goof. So far so good. We'll see how the battery drain is now. (Also using a Wyze cam)

Sorry for blowing up with all the messages but I figured it out. I had the reverse polarity timer set the second time instead of the power timer I was working well.

I had missed one ground wire. After hooking it up and setting the timer the timers work correct.. If I put my meter on the actuator output on the relay.. The 1st timer kicks on I get -10v. It goes through the cycle and voltage goes away when both shut off.. But when the reverse polarity timer...

This is the diagram i used for the single timer and it worked great. It was just pulling my battery down staying on all day even with 10 watt solar (reason for going to 2 timers)

This is the relay I'm using..

I tried this option as I had a spare timer and pretty sure I have it wired correct but nothing. 😕 Neither timer will turn on.. The 3 options you have listed, do all 3 of those times have to be set?

Nice!! That would definitely do the trick! Thanks for sharing!!

yeah it would be interesting to see that setup!!

Ahhh ok, that makes sense now. The only thing I would have to do using this option is redo the ladder from the current door to the ground which wouldn't be a big deal. I'm supposed to have all my goodies tomorrow so hopefully I can play with everything and figure something out. The only other...

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "in front of the door" ?

I have everything ordered and got a 12" actuator but won't have enough room to do an up and down door. The coop currently has a side slide but I'm going to redo it to have an up and down. Then I will mount the actuator horizontally and use para-cord and 1 pulley over the door so I'll have room...