My feeder arrived today and I struck the 1st hurdle - no batteries
- had four D-cells handy tho 
The feed mechanism is a rotating barrel which holds 1/2 cup of feed/revolution
Programmable bits:
4 separate feed times/day
up to 10 revolutions of the barrel/feed (1/2 cup to 5 cups of feed in 1/2 cup increments)
hold 45 cups of feed
Each revolution of the feed barrel takes ~30 seconds, the 1st 15 seconds activates a vibrator
to move food down to the barrel before scooping up the feed
I have 5mm Grobest pellets and 1 revolution dumped 35g of feed into the tray - this means a max of 350g/feed
fish feed is lighter than dog/cat food so a larger tank could be fitted to the food container and increase the food holding capacity
To convert to a fish feeder just means not fitting the food tray and allow the pellets to fall straight into the tank, this works coz I tried it and then spent time picking up the :beep: pellets
This could be used to feed the fish 52 weeks/year, just needs filling on a regular basis - my purpose in buying the feeder is for when I go away for an extended period (up to a week), so I won't be using it constantly
Batteries gone flat in the camera so will put up shots tomorrow but here is where I got it from SoldSmart
... don't let 'em tell ya yarn't sharp old mate
