Hi,
New to the forum. I would like to make a self feeder for my horses. It would be a box with a hinged side door that would drop open and leave a hay bag exposed for a one time feeding. I want to put a solenoid door latch to keep door closed and then drop open at a pre-set time.
For now, a 12 hour timer would be sufficient. I need 4 of these feeders. Questions- Would the 12 volt solenoid door latches I see online for about $6-$12 work? I don't know if they would open for a split second with power from a battery and then close so no power was consumed. I was thinking of using just a wind up 12 hour timer but not sure how it would energize the latch then break the circuit so latch is not held open using up battery. I envision the latch, timer and small battery mounted on each individual feeder that can be used outside in good weather and moved inside when wet.
Horses are fed twice a day and it is difficult to always find someone to feed just once if we decide to stay out later than usual feed time.
New to the forum. I would like to make a self feeder for my horses. It would be a box with a hinged side door that would drop open and leave a hay bag exposed for a one time feeding. I want to put a solenoid door latch to keep door closed and then drop open at a pre-set time.
For now, a 12 hour timer would be sufficient. I need 4 of these feeders. Questions- Would the 12 volt solenoid door latches I see online for about $6-$12 work? I don't know if they would open for a split second with power from a battery and then close so no power was consumed. I was thinking of using just a wind up 12 hour timer but not sure how it would energize the latch then break the circuit so latch is not held open using up battery. I envision the latch, timer and small battery mounted on each individual feeder that can be used outside in good weather and moved inside when wet.
Horses are fed twice a day and it is difficult to always find someone to feed just once if we decide to stay out later than usual feed time.