New to site and need of a little help on relay circuit boards

[ken7237]

Hi I am new to the forum and I have been thinking about building a clock. I am just a guy that comes up with some ideas and then try to build them. I am real good with my hands and can follow instruction real well, but I don't know anything about circuit boards but with instructions and the right parts I know I can build one. This is what I would like to do, I would like to get a relay circuit board that I can program so that it would run four different motors and maybe two motors at the same time. The motors would have to be slow and strong enough to turn something like a fairs wheel, mary-go-round or whatever I come up with. I'm not really sure, I would like a different motor to run something every 15 minutes. Then on the hour run all four motors. I would also like it to play different songs every 15 minutes.
My problem is I haven't any idea what I need to make this happen. I have been on the internet looking at relay circuit boards, motors, gears and other components but just don't know what to get. I think I would like it to run off of 110ac so the clock can be plugged in and then would not have to worry about changing batteries. Can anybody out there help me point me in the right direction? Thanks ken7237

 

[Fish4Fun]

ken7237,

Welcome to the forum!

In short, YES and NO.

YES, You can buy all sorts of consumer timers for switching AC/DC on/off. WHAT you turn on and off is of no import, only the current/voltage/drive parameters....(ie, is the device 5Vdc, 12Vdc, 120Vac/60hz or is it 240Vac/50hz, how many amps does it draw, etc). Start with ebay.

(I ASS-U-ME when you speak of things like a "Ferris Wheel" & a "Merry-Go-Round" you are speaking of "models" rather than full scale equipment. For Full-Scale you would seriously need to contact an engineering firm.)

As far as "building" a timer, NO, from your post, I do not suspect anyone will be able to help you design/build one w/o a fairly large amount of due-diligence on your part.

Fish

 

[ken7237]

Thanks Fish
I can use a transformer to cut the power from 120ac to 12v dc if that would work? All I need is to be pointed to the right circuit board and motors. A board that will turn on and off 4 slow moving motors at different times that can be programed. I want one motor to turn on for one minute then off, 15 minutes later the second motor turns on for one minute then turns off. 15 minutes later the third motor turn on for one minute then off. Then 15 minutes later the forth motor turns on for a minute. then it starts all over again so every 15 minutes a different motor runs for one minute. I don't know maybe there is a circuit board out there that's already programed that would do this for me.

 

[brevor]

There are relay boards available on EBAY, but as Fish stated you need to know the voltage and current draw of the motors you plan to use.