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| Author: | Jamey [ Aug 16th, '11, 20:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Auto fish feeder |
Here is a quick vid of my fish feeder I'm making, It's made using a car locking actuator, that pulls a slide that opens a hole in the pvc endcap. Two timers are used, timer 1 is used to supply timer 2 with power for x amount of time, in this instance its about 10 sec. Timer 2 is set to pulse on and off at x intervals of time, which is now set too .8 of a second. The only thing I need is a 12v dc plugpack hooked upto a 24h timer that will activate my timers 3 times a day to feed the fish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0fCMe24K6E&feature=youtube_gdata_player |
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| Author: | Delgrade [ Aug 16th, '11, 20:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto fish feeder |
nice one, thinkin of making a screw one myself, using an old cordless drill and some other bits an bobs Cheers pete |
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| Author: | Jamey [ Aug 17th, '11, 18:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto fish feeder |
Well its in and working, Few possible flaws iv thought about.... - Rubber Band Breaks and leaves chute open (Will Replace with a spring) - Filling with too much feed in the event of an malfunction it would over feed way too much.... to Combat this it will hold a maximum of 2 days feed that way if it was to malfunction it wont be a HSM.... Got it setup to feed 3 times a day and it is throwing around 120 Grams Per Feed which works out to be around 360g per day which is 4% feeding. they are smashing the feed. Feed is Skretting Spectra 5mm Feed. |
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